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| − | A '''symbolic link''' is a connection between one [[file]] name in a [[file system]] and another (the 'target'; which does not necessarily need to exist at the time the symbolic link is created), such that references to the first name wind up at the second. | + | A '''symbolic link''' is a connection between one [[file]] ''name'' in a [[file system]] and another (the 'target'; which does not necessarily need to exist at the time the symbolic link is created), such that references to the first name wind up at the second. |
They differ from [[hard link]]s in that if the target file is deleted, and replaced with a different file, references to the symbolic link will go to the new file. | They differ from [[hard link]]s in that if the target file is deleted, and replaced with a different file, references to the symbolic link will go to the new file. | ||
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* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links. | * [[CTSS]] supposedly had links. | ||
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Revision as of 14:40, 21 October 2018
A symbolic link is a connection between one file name in a file system and another (the 'target'; which does not necessarily need to exist at the time the symbolic link is created), such that references to the first name wind up at the second.
They differ from hard links in that if the target file is deleted, and replaced with a different file, references to the symbolic link will go to the new file.
