[SOLVED] mount symbolic link files

ted_chou12 · 03-24-2011, 11:03 PM

Hi, I was looking up the symbolic link command in bash, but it seems to be for directories. What is the command function in bash for files such that a file such as :
/path/to/file1.txt can be mapped to /diff/path/file2.txt
its not a shortcut, more like it tricks the system to think file2.txt is the actual file1.txt, so you can open file2.txt edit it, play it like usual?
Thanks,
Ted

ntubski · 03-24-2011, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ted_chou12

Hi, I was looking up the symbolic link command in bash, but it seems to be for directories.

Symbolic links work fine for regular files as well.

grail · 03-24-2011, 11:18 PM

Ted, if you look in /lib, for example, you will find plenty of links to files.

Check out the man page for ln and you should be good to go.