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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:35:26 am | by DavidHull | Revert |
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-Another name for
a SymLink
.
+A SoftLink is is
a special type of directory entry that allows almost transparent references to another directory entry, typically a file or a directory
.
+<?plugin OldStyleTable
|__Feature__|__SoftLink__'s|__HardLink__'s
|Can cross filesystems? | Yes | No
|Can refer to directories? | Yes | No
+?>
+
+On [Linux], soft links are called [symbolic links|SymLink].
+
+Softlinks are created with the following command line pattern.
+ ln -s /pathto/origfile /pathto/newlink
+
+You must have appropriate permissions in the directory where you're creating the link for this to work.
