Into the folder /usr/local/var I would like to create a symbolic link run that point to /var/run folder. But I'm quite bit confused how to correctly create the link. Should I create initially the run folder?
You can create it like this without the need of creating something before:
ln -s /usr/local/var /var/run
If you are windows users and want to create a symbolic link of a folder is here how:
NOTE: Just make sure you run the command prompt as administrator.
WINDOWS
mklink /d "D:\site\abc\js" "F:\xyz\js"
MAC
ln -s /usr/local/var /var/run
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In Git bash i have run the following:
ln -s "//server/path/Resource/" test
When I check if it's worked:
ls -l
It appears as a folder rather than a symlink.
I am using windows and trying to create a symbolic link to a network location.
This is probably an easy fix but i just want a shortcut rather than copying a massive folder.
make sure your git config points symbolic links as true.
core.symlinks=false
make this as true as by default it is
To create a symbolic link in Linux webserver , at the shell prompt, i am using the
following command:
# ln -s {target-filename} {symbolic-filename}
For example to create softlink for
/viewer/PENG07/index.php
as
/home/name1/public_html/viewer/index.php
i enter the following command:
# ln -s /viewer/PENG07/index.php /home/name1/public_html/viewer/
Now the issue is it only loads index.php and misses the supporting sub folders and all next level folders and directories
what i want was to softlink (symbolic link)
/viewer
instead of
/viewer/index.php
to
/home/name1/public_html/viewer/
it should be recursive all folders and files ..
kindly help me please ...
If index.php resides in /viewer/PENG07, you presumably mean to link /viewer/PENG07 rather than just /viewer.
ln -s /viewer/PENG07 /home/name1/public_html/viewer
- Note: There must not be a / at the end.
I want a create a symbolic link to a folder. The follow command will create a file with the link name but I'm trying to link to the source folder. What am I doing wrong?
ln -s /Users/me/somefolder somefolder
This creates a file "somefolder" in my current directory. How do I create a symbolic link to the folder and it's contents?
Thanks!
You need to use absolute path names to create the links.
For example, I'm now at
$ pwd
/home/alex/my_folder
And I'm creating a symbolic link to the folder "directoryA" in a sub-directory under my pwd (present working directory):
$ ln -s $PWD/directoryA $PWD/temp/link_to_directoryA
In this case variable $PWD holds absolute path to my working directory.
You can surely use your absolute path without any variables like this:
$ ln -s /home/alex/my_folder/directoryA /home/alex/my_folder/temp/link_to_directoryA
You need to be inside the same directory where you create the symbolic link
For instance:
cd /Users/me
ln -s somefolder somefolderNewName
Not creating a directory is an expected behavior.
When you do
ls -ali
It should show something beginning with;
lrwxrwxrwx
In which "l" represents symlink and allows you to traverse using cd.
NOTICE: ln command will not complain when you provide an invalid source path. And this will result with an error message when you try cd in to that.
Late for the party..
This is what worked for me..
if you want to create a symbolic link from sourceFolder to destinationFolder
you should be inside the parent of the destinationFolder "parentOfDestinationFolder" while doing so.
I think you have what you want, you just don't know it. A link has an entry in the directory, just like data files or directories do. You can see this most clearly if you run ls -l in the directory where you're creating the link.
You can use your link as if it were a directory, e.g.:
$ cd somefolder
You might also like to know that if you change directory this way, the parent of somefolder will be the directory that contains the link. If you don't want that, use:
$ cd -P somefolder
I have created a softlink to an application using the following command:
ln -s sourcedir/Application somedir/ApplicationSoftLink
But I do not know how to start the application using the softlink. My understanding of a softlink is that it is the same as a shortcut in Windows, you just double-click the shortcut and the application will launch. However, when I tried to ./ApplicationSoftLink the application would not start.
Could someone please provide some assistance?
ln -s sourcedir/Application somedir/ApplicationSoftLink probably puts the wrong path in your symbolic link.
Try:
ln -s $PWD/sourcedir/Application somedir/ApplicationSoftLink
Were you in somedir when you tried running ./ApplicationSoftLink?
I think what you want to do is create the link in some directory in your path, so you don't have to say where the file is at all. You can type
echo $PATH
to find out what's in your path. /usr/local/bin is a good choice for things like this.
is sourcedir/Application executable?
when I tried to "./ApplicationSoftLink" the application would not
start.
Is there any error message?
were you typing ./ApplicationSoftLink under "somedir"?
or try ln -s /absolute/path/sourcedir /absolute/path/you/want/somedir/myApp
then under somedir/myApp/ run ./Application
I need to create a symbolic link mysite.com to point to a directory /home/drupal/sites/mysite
Where do I cd into to create this? Do I need to run this command in /home/drupal/sites/mysite or can I be anywhere on the server to do this?
Can this be done in the vhosts file instead?
Try this in the directory where you want the link created:
ln -s /home/drupal/sites/mysite mysite.com
See: http://frankmash.blogspot.com/2007/11/ln-s-examples.html