How to create a symbolic link in Linux
Symbolic link or Symlink is a file that contains a link to another actual file path. It acts as a pointer and will always point to the "actualFilepath".
Reading
run
ln -s actualFilePath linkFilePath
- A Symbolic link links to wherever actualFilePath is; if the original actualFile is deleted and a new file is created with the same name, the Symlink will link to the new file as it still has the same path
- In "Properties" of the linkFile you can see where it is linked to; if the actualFile does not exist it will show broken link