Hi!
I want link a file to /dev/null.
I did:
sudo ln -s /dev/null /path-to/file name
Error message:
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/path-to/file name': File exists
Maybe it is so right?
sudo ln -s /path-to/file name /dev/null
Please help, thanks!
the file (target) should NOT exist, then ln -s /dev/null mat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 9 Sep 24 12:10 mat -> /dev/null
$ file mat
mat: symbolic link to /dev/null
In other words, delete the file /path-to/filename first, then create a symbolic link with sudo ln -s /dev/null /path-to/filename.
Also note that a file name with a space in it should be quoted:
sudo ln -s /dev/null '/path-to/file name'
I hope that helps.
thanks @ gordon. 