Please see the screenshot.For two times I have run ln -s and it creates a copy of a small text file instead of linking it.The exact command I have run is:lobianco@lobianco-officeLaptopLatitude:~/Dropbox/Documenti/Varie/lef/papers/ffsm++/versions/07_carbon_balance_with_multipliers$ ln -s ../../../00_common/biblio.bib .Having thought that the problem is with using the . syntax, I have run the command:lobianco@lobianco-officeLaptopLatitude:~/Dropbox/Documenti/Varie/lef/papers/ffsm++/versions/07_carbon_balance_with_multipliers$ ln -s ../../../00_common/biblio.bib bibliolink.bibAt that time I effectively had a link. But at that point, I have re-run the first command, and again I had a link, even using the . syntax!So, what did happened?(Note: Unfortunately I don't have a screenshot of the two files initially copied, but I am sure it was a copy and not a link. Aside Nautilus telling me it was a text file and not a link, I have opened both the original and the copy with Kate and tested that changes in the original didn't propagate to the copy. I am using Ubuntu 14.04)
Why ln -s copied a file instead of linking it?
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