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Revision as of 19:10, 10 July 2018
Introduction
A symbolic link, also termed a soft link, is a special kind of file or folder that points to another file or folder, much like a shortcut in Windows or a Macintosh alias. Unlike a hard link, a symbolic link does not contain the data in the target file. It simply points to another entry somewhere in the file system.
This reference only deals with folder symbolic links like a 'photos' folder link that, when you open it, appears to contain all the directories and files of the real target folder somewhere else on the system. And changes made here are reflected in the real folder. The icon for a folder symbolic link looks like a folder with a little arrow on it.
Below we provide the syntax or code for creating a folder symbolic link on Windows 10, Linux and on your shared hosting website.
