Sammy

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Sep 30	revised	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? added 1010 characters in body
Sep 30	revised	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? update
Sep 30	revised	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? update
Sep 30	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? When I removed the CIFS share then the hdd symlink stoped working again. So this is apparently normal for this release of the image. Check the update above for more details.
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Sep 29	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? This is no longer an issue. I mounted a Windows CIFS share through the Mount Manager plugin (Dreambox, Enigma 2, release 3.2.3) and I chose to use it as HDD replacement. After doing this the `ls -al` command showed `hdd -> media/hdd`. And now it's possible to `cd` to hdd and the link works. But what's interesting is that `ls -al media` shows `hdd -> /media/net/mydream` and this is in fact where it goes when I `cd` to hdd. The "mydream" is the name of the share. Why do I get different results?
Sep 29	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? What `ls -al` really does is it shows all the files (-a) in a long (-l) list. Yes, this gives me more information, but does it help me identify a symbolic link? If it has an arrow to the right, is that how I tell if it is a symbolic link? The other identifier is obviously the color code, but some of you suggest that the color is not to be trusted.
Sep 29	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? @CraigSanders Sanders You're high... on resolution! ;) Seariously, I hear you man! I didn't really think about that aspect of it. Thanks for the tip. I will try using a code block next time.
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Sep 27	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? @sfgroups Just `namei` and enter at root? It gives me `-sh: namei: not found`. Is that like the `file` or the `stat` command? Do you have the exact search path to it?
Sep 27	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? This is a Dreambox STB, model DM500 HD. It does not feature a built-in HDD like its brother DM800 HD, but it does have a eSATA port on the back for connecting an external HDD. So if I plug in an external HDD to it, it will mount it to `/media/hdd` then? And if the subfolder `hdd` is missing? Will Linux create it automatically? This is on firmware image release 3.2.3 that I flashed to recently. On the older 3.0.2 and even 3.1.0 the `/media/hdd` was never gone missing. And there was also this symlink at `/hdd`. I didn't expect this.
Sep 27	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? It doesn't look like it has support for either `file` or `stat`. I checked in the paths you mention (see screenshot above). Anyway... what you're saying is that in an ideal Linux system, the `file` command, followed by the search path of the target file or folder would reveal to me what kind of entity it is?
Sep 27	revised	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? added screenshot
Sep 27	revised	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? added screenshots, updated text, added tag
Sep 27	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? You are right, looks like file is not a command here, it says `-sh: file: not found` when I do `file` and enter.
Sep 27	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? What is an automount-point? You mean like... when I plug in a physical SATA disk drive it gets mounted to this point?... this is a Linux STB and it has no built-in HDD, but it does feature an eSATA port on the back. This might be dedicated for this purpose.
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Sep 27	revised	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? added screenshot and update
Sep 27	comment	How do I tell if a folder is actually a symlink and how do I fix it if it's broken? The `stat hdd` gives me `-sh: stat: not found`.