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Create symlinks recursively for a whole tree

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Mar 15, 202624439 views

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I am seeking for a command that would re-create a whole tree of files in a different directory. I would prefer to have all symlinks absolute. Can I do that with a find and xargs? ;-)

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should do the trick. The directory structure will be recreated at dest/ with each file being a symlink to its counterpart in source.

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