How to create symbolic link?

your_shadow03 · 12-05-2009, 03:43 AM

I want to create a symbolic link from:

/opt/oss to /opt/oss-4.3/oss-ps

How can I do that?

EricTRA · 12-05-2009, 03:45 AM

Hello,

Code:

man ln

will tell you all you need to know.

Kind regards,

Eric

your_shadow03 · 12-05-2009, 03:49 AM

Got it:

Code:

ln -s target link_name

ln -s /opt/oss /opt/oss-4.3/oss-ps
is the correct Right?

EricTRA · 12-05-2009, 03:57 AM

Hi,

If /opt/oss is your target then yes. But I'm assuming it has to be the other way around.

You want to create a link in the directory /opt called oss I imagine and that points to /opt/oss-4.3/oss-ps, right?

So it should be:

Code:

ln -s /opt/oss-4.3/oss-ps /opt/oss

That will created a link under /opt named oss and pointing to /opt/oss-4.3/oss-ps. You can check by typing:

Code:

ls -al /opt

If you have color option enabled the link will be in a light blue color. If no enabled it will show like this:

Code:

oss -> /opt/oss-4.3/oss-ps

Kind regards,

Eric

your_shadow03 · 12-05-2009, 04:15 AM

Thanks Eric,

ln -s /opt/oss-4.3/oss-ps /opt/oss

was the one to point oss-4.3 to oss
and the one I needed.

Thnx