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Keywords:
Filesystem,
Pathname,
Alias,
Shortcut,
Pointer
A lightweight reference to files and folders. This is used in several filesystems. A symbolic link allows multiple references to files and folders without requiring multiple copies of these items. Symbolic links are fragile because if what they refer to moves somewhere else in the file system, the link breaks. However, they are useful in cases where the location of the referenced file or folder will not change.
Symbolic links are shortcuts that are usually placed in top-level directories to provide quick access to directories and files that lie deeper in the directory structure. Symbolic links are represented by grayed out icons.
a convenient method of creating a file that references a different file
a directory entry that points to a file or directory elsewhere
a directory entry whose contents is a character string that specifies a full or relative pathname
a directory that actually redirects you to somewhere else on the harddrive
a directory that works like a shortcut to any place in your virtual file system
a file containing a file name
a file object, or a directory that doesn't really exist but rather points to another file somewhere on the system
a file (or directory) which behaves to all intents and purposes like its target - the file or directory to which it points
a file that contains the name of another file
a file that refers to another file name instead of data
a link or alias that points to another file or directory
a lot like a shortcut
an alias for another file name or directory
an alias for the original file
an entry in a Unix (or Unix-like) filesystem that allows a directory entry to refer to another directory entry
a new type of file, distinguished by a code in the inode from directories, regular files, etc
a pointer or an alias to another file
a pointer to a file's location in the file system
a pointer to another file, and is therefore useful for creating shortcuts or aliases to files and directories
a reference to the name of the original file
a 'shared' folder, or a 'central folder' which all other pages can access
a special file which is a reference to another file (or folder) in your filesystem
a special kind of a file that contains a pathname as data
a special kind of file that contains as data a path to some object, which may be in another filesystem
a special kind of file that points to another file
a special object which points to another file by relative or absolute pathname
a special type of file that represents another file
a type of file that contains another path name
a type of file that contains the name of the file to which it is connected
a Unix file that is interpreted as a filename in a different location
A special file that simply points to the location of another file. Symbolic links are used to avoid data duplication when a file is needed in multiple locations.
A symbolic link is an alias of a file or a directory. For example if a directory was pub/files/programs/windows/browsers/netscape/netscape4, that would be very inconvenient. A symbolic link could refer to it as 'netscapev4' and if someone entered that directory, it would in fact take them to pub/files/mystuff/programs.... and so on.
A special type of file that points to another file or folder. When you perform an action on a symbolic link, the action is performed on the file or folder to which the symbolic link points.
A new name that refers to a directory or file that already exists. Use this name to change to another directory without typing its full pathname. Unlike normal links, symbolic links can cross filesystems and link to directories. See also link.
A pointer from a file to another file or files.
Shore's analog of a Unix symbolic link. A symbolic link is a Shore object.
A type of link that is capable of pointing to a file or directory that resides on another physical storage device or partition.
On a server, a pointer to a file or folder in a different place. Similar to a Macintosh alias file.
A reference to an existing file or directory under a new name. There are two types of symbolic links: an absolute pathname that leads to the original directory or file; and a relative pathname that leads to the original directory or file.
A reference to a file or directory.
A filesystem entity that lets you associate an alternative name with a file or directory.
In computing, a symbolic link (often shortened to symlink and also known as a soft link) consists of a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file. Unix-like operating systems in particular often feature symbolic links.
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