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#1 2008-01-14 15:56:54

Stalafin
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From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: 2007-10-26
Posts: 617

Creating symbolic links

I have a folder in my /home/user folder; I will call it work here.
Now I want to create a symbolic link to work (I hope I am using the right term here) so that I can access work from within another folder, say from Desktop; so when I click on work in Desktop I can go directly to work.

Now, how can I do this (from the terminal for example)?
I am using XFCE - can I create a link without a terminal?

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#2 2008-01-14 16:14:46

patroclo7
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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY
Registered: 2006-01-11
Posts: 915

Re: Creating symbolic links

ln -s <absolutepathtotheworkfolder> <absolutepathofthedesiredlocation>

Remember to use absolute path. Use the console, probably there are file managers which create links, but they are only an additional source of confusion.


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