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(Created page with "Symbolic Links are essentially aliases to other file locations. They can point to directories, binaries, or files. The most common type are soft links which are explained in this article. == How to add a symbolic link == $ ln -s {/path/to/file-name} {link-name} $ ln -s /shared/sales/data/file.txt sales.data.txt $ vi sales.data.txt $ ls -l sales.data.txt == How to delete symbolic link == $ rm {link-name} $ rm sales.data.txt $ ls -l $ ls -l /shared/sales/data/fil...") |
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Latest revision as of 04:34, 3 August 2022
Symbolic Links are essentially aliases to other file locations. They can point to directories, binaries, or files. The most common type are soft links which are explained in this article.
How to add a symbolic link[edit | edit source]
$ ln -s {/path/to/file-name} {link-name}
$ ln -s /shared/sales/data/file.txt sales.data.txt
$ vi sales.data.txt
$ ls -l sales.data.txt
How to delete symbolic link[edit | edit source]
$ rm {link-name}
$ rm sales.data.txt
$ ls -l
$ ls -l /shared/sales/data/file.txt