symlink - Cannot overwrite Symbolic Link RedHat Linux

Question

I have created a symbolic link:

sudo ln -s /some/dir new_dir

Now I want to overwrite the symbolic link to point to a new location and it will not overwrite. I have tried:

sudo ln -f -s /other/dir new_dir

I can always sudo rm new_dir, but I would rather have it overwrite accordingly if possible. Any ideas?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5250345/cannot-overwrite-symbolic-link-redhat-linux

Answer 1

ln -sfn /other/dir new_dir

works for me. The -n doesn't dereference the destination symlink.