Files & Directories - Symbolic links

A symbolic link points to a file. In case, the original file is deleted, the symbolic link would be pointing to non-existing file.

You can create a symbolic link to a directory too.

1. Create a file:

   nano orig_text1
   

2. Put the following text in it:

   This is my not-so-valuable data
   

3. Save and Exit: Press Ctrl+x and y

4. Check if the file has right data:

   cat orig_text1
   

5. Create Link:

   ln -s orig_text1 myslink
   

6. Check if it is there:

   ls -l myslink
   

   You should see something like this

   lrwxrwxrwx 1 sandeepgiri9034 sandeepgiri9034 10 Dec 14 11:45 myslink -> orig_text1
   

7. Check the contents of myslink using:

   cat myslink