{"id":9381,"date":"2021-01-07T18:37:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T23:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=9381"},"modified":"2021-12-04T06:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T06:20:55","slug":"create-symbolic-link-file-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/create-symbolic-link-file-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Symbolic Link of File or Directory in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A symbolic link in <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/linux\">Linux<\/a> is a type of file in Linux that points to another file or a folder on your computer. Here we will show you how to create a symbolic link in Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create Symbolic Link (Soft Link)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the ln command with the -s directive to create a soft link with the following syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">$ ln -s \/path\/to\/originalfile \/path\/to\/linkfile<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example implementing the above syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">$ ln -s \/var\/www\/html\/config.php \/home\/user\/config.php<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Compare the inode numbers of the symbolic soft link and the original file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">$ ls -li \/var\/www\/html\/config.php \/home\/user\/config.php\n\n4089832 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 07 08:47 \/home\/user\/config.php -&gt; \/var\/www\/html\/config.php\n5780987 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Aug 12 10:22 \/var\/www\/html\/config.php<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create Hard Link Example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">$ ln \/var\/www\/html\/config.php \/home\/user\/config.php<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The above is run without the <em><strong>-s<\/strong><\/em> directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again let&#8217;s compare the inode numbers of the hard link and the original file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">$ ls -li \/var\/www\/html\/config.php \/home\/user\/config.php\n\n5780987 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Aug 12 10:22 \/home\/user\/config.php\n5780987 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Aug 12 10:22 \/var\/www\/html\/config.php<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it for create symbolic link for now. Remember to follow this post to read more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/hard-links-and-symbolic-links-linux-comparison\">differences between a soft link and a hard link<\/a> in Linux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A symbolic link in Linux is a type of file in Linux that points to another file or a folder on your computer. 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