What is Symlinking?

[OdeN]

I ran the symlink script and it just gave me errors, so i skipped the step and it seems to run fine. However i was just wondering what it is actually for.

[nelgin]

Originally Posted by OdeN

I ran the symlink script and it just gave me errors, so i skipped the step and it seems to run fine. However i was just wondering what it is actually for.

In its simpliest terms...symbolic links (or symlinks) is a way of making the same file available by another name or by making the same file available in another directory (or both).

For example, you might have a file buried in a system bath such as

/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/Vhosts.conf

But you could make a symlink to a file in your home directory

ln -s /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/Vhosts.conf vh.conf

So, I can edit vh.conf and it'll make the changes in the proper Vhosts.conf.