So, I'm stuck at not installing Update 4 just yet, because recently one of my A1's HDs died and I replaced both of them with a larger one. When I copied the files over from the old boot drive (which I still have and is working), I completely forgot about any of the soft/hard links that might be on the drive, and they did not get copied over.

I know the recommendation is to start over, reinstall Update 1, then go through all the updates again, but I really like the way I have this set up and am not sure I'll remember everything I did. I'd like to fix this as is so I can then apply the update. The system boots up fine and so far everything I tried seems to work ok. The missing links in SObjs stopped the update like some others have already seen.

So does anyone know how to get a listing of JUST the hard/soft links? I don't want to try the update until I know I've got them all fixed.

Been playing around with List command, but I'm not seeing a way to get it to just output the linked files. LFormat option does let me list this in a way that can be easily scripted, but it's listing everything, including the non-linked files.

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Well, at least fixing the links in SObjs fixes the Installer startup errors. Still not going to continue until I know if there are any other links. I've looked through as much of the old Sys: partition as I could and not found any others, but would like to know if others have run across this or know how to get a list of links.

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@DWolfman

Not an area that I understand that well but these are the links that I have

10.System:> list System:SObjs/ since today
Directory "System:SObjs" on Saturday 24-Dec-11
libz.so 143914 ----rwed Today 18:17:15
> SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1.2.3
libz.so.1 143914 ----rwed Today 18:17:15
> SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1.2.3
libz.so.1.2 143914 ----rwed Today 18:17:15
> SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1.2.3
libbz2.so 245743 ----rwed Today 18:17:15
> SYS:sobjs/libbz2.so.1.0.4
libpng.so 662668 ----rwed Today 18:17:15
> SYS:sobjs/libpng12.so
5 files - 1308K bytes - 2626 blocks used

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@Spectre660

Yup, those are the same ones I had on the old boot drive. I couldn't find any others on it, so I'm probably ok. You don't see any in any other directories on your system?

I know the SDK uses links a lot, but I can fix that by reinstalling it.

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@DWolfman

That's how I would prefer to proceed in a similar situation, instead of doing multiple updates.

If you do 'list {dir} lformat "File linked to %R"', you get a listing of links, sort of. I guess that requires some Notepad work.

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@Thematic

Yeah, I found out that already. Problem is there's no way to have it ONLY list what is linked. It still lists every file.

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I have a Shell-based program which can backup & restore all links (inside a particular volume or folder). Would that be of use?

Last edited by ChrisH on 25-Dec-2011 at 08:31 AM.

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Here is my program anyway:
AmigaAttributes from http://cshandley.co.uk/

I've included some basic docs. It should do exactly what you need!

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@DWolfman

These are the only ones I have. SDK not installed here .
I used a program called LinkManager to check.

http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=utility/workbench/linkmanager.lha

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DWolfman wrote: @Spectre660 Yup, those are the same ones I had on the old boot drive. I couldn't find any others on it, so I'm probably ok. You don't see any in any other directories on your system? I know the SDK uses links a lot, but I can fix that by reinstalling it.

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@Spectre660

Hm, noting the link (!) to LinkManager here, I am tempted to have a look at that program again and see if I can improve upon it. If you have suggestions, please let them come!

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@DWolfman

Apply these and you should (again) be OK:

C:MakeLink FROM SYS:sobjs/libz.so     TO SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1.2.3 soft
C:MakeLink FROM SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1   TO SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1.2.3 soft
C:MakeLink FROM SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1.2 TO SYS:sobjs/libz.so.1.2.3 soft
C:MakeLink FROM SYS:sobjs/libbz2.so    TO SYS:sobjs/libbz2.so.1.0.4 soft
C:MakeLink FROM SYS:sobjs/libpng.so   TO SYS:sobjs/libpng12.so   soft

C:MakeLink FROM SYS:Utilities/More    TO SYS:Utilities/MultiView soft

Last edited by OldFart on 25-Dec-2011 at 02:42 PM.
Last edited by OldFart on 25-Dec-2011 at 02:42 PM.

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@DWolfman

Are you talking about hidden files? You have to be careful when copying or you won't get the hidden ones. Or is there a class of files I don't know about? Also you can lose the .info files if you're not careful.

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Thanks everyone, lots of good info here.

And I missed one of those, the More to MultiView one. Though I think I have Multiview already and it's a different size from More, even on the old drive. I'll look into that.

Last edited by DWolfman on 26-Dec-2011 at 06:08 PM.

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@OldFart

Interestingly enough, I don't have the link for More/Multiview on my old drive. That looks like something you must have done special on yours.

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I've now updated my AmigaAttributes program, which fixes problems restoring soft links inside folders (not sure why I didn't notice a problem before) . It can be downloaded from:
http://cshandley.co.uk/

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@DWolfman

Isn`t easier to save prefs of programs and app dirs as well as your starup sequence and all other configs you know of, do install as it should be and then just copy these?

Should work also

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I've now updated my AmigaAttributes program, which fixes problems restoring soft links inside folders (not sure why I didn't notice a problem before) . It can be downloaded from: http://cshandley.co.uk/

Currently, I am not having a problem, but I may need this in the future. So, thanks Chris!

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Will be downloading this later, as I've been using it to preserve the links into files that are included in my backup process (Use LHA with attribute preservation options daily).

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@vox

Well, I've since had this fixed and working for a few months now. So much so that I managed to hit a 55 day uptime for my A1 since installing update 4!

As it is I was trying to avoid that, because I'm not sure what tweaks and such I've done to this install. Would rather not have to re-do all that again.

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