I am trying to change /var/log
directory to symbolic link.
As /var/log
exists, I tried as below.
# cd /var
# mv log log.bk (1)
# ln -snf /path/to/somewhere/var/log log (2)
This way does not work well because a new /var/log
directory is created between (1)
and (2)
( I guess some system daemon creates it ), the symbolic link is created inside /var/log
directory.
# ls -l /var/log
:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Sep 2 13:27 log -> /path/to/somewhere/var/log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 38028 Sep 2 13:51 messages
:
My expecting is as below.
# ls -l /var
:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Sep 2 13:27 log -> /path/to/somewhere/var/log
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 1680 Sep 2 06:25 log.bk
:
How can I do this?
Best Answer
self resolved.
I use
mount --bind
instead of symbolic link.