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convert symbolic links to hardlinks with `ln -f`
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gistfile1.sh
$ mkdir /tmp/test
$ cd /tmp/test
$ touch original
$ ln -s original link
$ ls -li
3802330 lrwxrwxrwx 1 14 Dec 6 09:52 link -> original
3802269 -rw-rw-r-- 1 0 Dec 6 09:52 original
$ ln -f original link
$ ls -li
3802269 -rw-rw-r-- 2 0 Dec 6 09:56 link
3802269 -rw-rw-r-- 2 0 Dec 6 09:56 original
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rubo77 commented Dec 6, 2014

from discussion at http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/171788/convert-a-hardlink-into-a-symbolic-link

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