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  • Nice answer, but it doesn't answer the Question, instead it would answer how to convert-a-hardlink-into-a-symbolic-link Commented Dec 6, 2014 at 9:07
  • I created a script that takes working directory and source directory as options: gist.github.com/rubo77/7a9a83695a28412abbcd Commented Dec 6, 2014 at 11:59
  • You should add -v for verbose to the ln command, and at first just write echo ln -sfv "$target" "$file" to see what would happen, otherwise this would be really dangerous. If everything looks fine, you can remove the echo Commented Dec 7, 2014 at 1:48
  • The question says the man page explains how to go symlink->hardlink and there was already an answer for that; I answered the remaining question about how to go back. Adding a -v only tells you what blew up, but yes, good point about running with an echo at first. Commented Dec 7, 2014 at 5:48