https://wiki.nodespace.com/wiki/history/Symbolic_links?feed=atomSymbolic links - Revision history2026-04-20T07:45:58ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.0https://wiki.nodespace.com/index.php?title=Symbolic_links&diff=19&oldid=prevTravis: 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..."2022-08-03T04:34:00Z<p>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..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>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.<br />
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== How to add a symbolic link ==<br />
$ ln -s {/path/to/file-name} {link-name}<br />
$ ln -s /shared/sales/data/file.txt sales.data.txt<br />
$ vi sales.data.txt<br />
$ ls -l sales.data.txt<br />
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== How to delete symbolic link ==<br />
$ rm {link-name}<br />
$ rm sales.data.txt<br />
$ ls -l<br />
$ ls -l /shared/sales/data/file.txt</div>Travis