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Symbolic (or Soft) Links

 
  • A symbolic link points to another file

    • ls -l displays the link name and the referenced file
    • $ ls -l pf
    • lrwxrwxrwx 1 digby digby 11 Sep 25 18:02 pf -> /etc/passwd
    • File type: l for symbolic link
    • The content of a symbolic link is the name of the file that it references
  • Syntax:

    • ln -s filename [linkname]