Symbolic Link

A symbolic link, often called a symlink, is a file that serves as a reference/ pointer to another file or directory.

With Unix-based systems the ln (link) command with the -s or --symbolic flag can be used to create symbolic link:

ln -s <target-path> <link-path>

• <target-path> is the path to the file or directory to link to.
• <link-path> the desired path for the (new) symbolic link.