[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

symbolic link
     
         sylk a standard file format for
        spreadsheets, not to be confused with symbolic link.
     
        context?  reference?
     
        1999-12-06
     
     
see also:
spreadsheets symbolic link 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

symbolic link
     
         or "symlink", "soft link" by contrast with
        "hard link", "shortcut", "alias" a special type of
        unix file which refers to another file by its pathname.  a
        symbolic link is created with the "ln" link command:
     
        	ln -s oldname newname
     
        where oldname is the target of the link usually a pathname
        and newname is the pathname of the link itself.
     
        most operations open, read, write on the symbolic link
        automatically dereference it and operate on its target
        oldname.  some operations e.g. removing work on the link
        itself newname.
     
        in contrast with hard links, there are no restrictions on
        where a symbolic link can point, it can refer to a file on
        another file system, to itself or to a file which does not
        even exist e.g. when the target of the symlink is removed.
        such problems will only be detected when the link is accessed.
     
        1997-10-22
     
     
see also:
hard link shortcut alias unix pathname open 
read write dereference hard links 

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