How to create and delete a symlink?
* How to create symlink :-
# cd /
# ln -s /home/user/exampless examples
You would be creating a symbolic link called "examples" in the root directory, and it would be a reference to the /home/user/examples file.
To see this, you would:
# cd /
# ls -l
And the ls output would show you the standard directory listing with symbolic links maked with arrows, like this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 13 Aug 30 2010 examples -> ../home/user/examples
How to create and delete a symlink?* How to create symlink :-# cd /# ln -s /home/user/exampless examplesYou would be creating a symbolic link called "examples" in the root directory, and it would be a reference to the /home/user/examples file.
To see this, you would:# cd /# ls -l
And the ls output would show you the standard directory listing with symbolic links maked with arrows, like this:lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 13 Aug 30 2010 examples -> ../home/user/examples
II] How to delete a symlink?
You can delete either by rm command or unlink command :
$ unlink symbolic_link
or
$ rm symbolic_link
