Why Do We Use Symbolic Link in Linux?
Contents Why Use Symbolic Links? You Can Operate on Symlinks as If They Were the Actual Files to Which They Pointing Somewhere Down the Line (Except Deleting...
Why use symbolic links? You can operate on symlinks as if they were the actual files to which they pointing somewhere down the line (except deleting them). This allows you to have multiple “access points” to a file, without having excess copies (that remain up to date, since they always access the same file).
What is the purpose of symbolic link in Linux?
A symbolic link, also termed a soft link, is a special kind of file that points to another file, much like a shortcut in Windows or a Macintosh alias. Unlike a hard link, a symbolic link does not contain the data in the target file. It simply points to another entry somewhere in the file system.
When would you need and choose a symbolic link?
If you need to link to a directory, or if you are moving files to other filesystems, you will need to use a symbolic link.
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