How to create a symlink?

[asjt3]

Hey guys, how do you create a symlink in the command console?

Thanks,

Alex T

[IsaacKuo]

ln -s <destination> <linkname>

If the desired link filename is the same as the destination's filename, and the current working directory is the desired location for the link, then you only need:

ln -s <destination>

[asjt3]

Ok cool, does it matter that I'm trying to create a link to a directory?

Thanks,

Alex T

[asjt3]

Acutally let me show you:

I've got a directory called /usr/local/diverse/installed. In this dir there is the sub-dir "dtk-2.3.2" I want to create a link in "/usr/local/diverse/installed" called "dtk" to "dtk-2.3.2."

I'm not sure which directory I should be in. and what I should type.

Thanks

[IsaacKuo]

cd /usr/local/diverse/installed
ln -s dtk-2.3.2 dtk

The syntax is the same whether the link is to a file or a directory.

[asjt3]

ok great I see thanks a bunch.

[ruby]

I am having the same sort of problem.

Let me lay it out for you.

I have a directory:
home/ruby/personal/books/list

Now I want to have a link to it in this directory
home/ruby/personal/school/

I want the name of the link to be book_list.

Where should I run the command and what should it say?

Thanks.

[ruby]

I was able to figure it out.

[IsaacKuo]

One way to do it:

cd /home/ruby/personal/school/
ln -s /home/ruby/books/list book_list

[ElectroFox]

All of the above mentioned create hardlinks. They are slightly different. To create a symlink, use the command symlink, instead of ln.