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To create a relative link: | To create a relative link: | ||
ln -r --symbolic ./{{arg|existing file}} {{arg|name for link}} | ln -r --symbolic ./{{arg|existing file}} {{arg|name for link}} | ||
| − | Relative links will still work even if the folder containing both files (the original and the link) is moved or copied. | + | * Relative links will still work even if the folder containing both files (the original and the link) is moved or copied. |
| + | * Note that a link cannot have the same name as a folder in the same directory. | ||
==Example== | ==Example== | ||
I pretty much always get confused as to which is the link and which is the target, so here's an example. You're inside {{fmt/code|/git/futilities/human/ff}} and you want to create a link called "lib" to the "lib" folder at {{fmt/code|/git/futilities/lib}}: | I pretty much always get confused as to which is the link and which is the target, so here's an example. You're inside {{fmt/code|/git/futilities/human/ff}} and you want to create a link called "lib" to the "lib" folder at {{fmt/code|/git/futilities/lib}}: | ||
Revision as of 13:09, 14 September 2023
ln is the Linux command for creating a link to a file or folder.
To create a relative link:
ln -r --symbolic ./<existing file> <name for link>
- Relative links will still work even if the folder containing both files (the original and the link) is moved or copied.
- Note that a link cannot have the same name as a folder in the same directory.
Example
I pretty much always get confused as to which is the link and which is the target, so here's an example. You're inside «/git/futilities/human/ff» and you want to create a link called "lib" to the "lib" folder at «/git/futilities/lib»:
ln -r --symbolic ../../lib/ ./lib
..or, in other words:
ln -r --symbolic <actual file> <alias>