How Do I Hard Link a Folder in Linux?
Contents Can You Hard Link a Directory Linux? the Reason Hard-Linking Directories Is Not Allowed Is a Little Technical. Essentially, They Break the File-System...
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Can you hard link a directory Linux?
The reason hard-linking directories is not allowed is a little technical. Essentially, they break the file-system structure. You should generally not use hard links anyway. Symbolic links allow most of the same functionality without causing problems (e.g ln -s target link ).
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How do I create a link to a folder in Linux?
The ln command in Linux creates links between source files and directories.
- -s – the command for Symbolic Links.
- [target file] – name of the existing file for which you are creating the link.
- [Symbolic filename] – name of the symbolic link.
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