Symbolic Links

• Linux allows creating a File, which is actually a link to another File (or Directory).
• Such a File is called "symbolic link".
• Symbolic links can be used for:
  • Creating a short-cut for a File with a long path.
  • Giving a program the impression that it can find a File in one location, even if the File is found in a different location.
  • Amazing your friends or bewildering them.

Originally written by guy keren