{"id":48060,"date":"2024-05-15T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=48060"},"modified":"2024-04-29T02:43:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T07:43:16","slug":"how-to-create-a-symlink-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-symlink-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a symlink on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/how-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linuxhow-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linux.webp\" alt=\"How to create Symbolic Links on Linux\" class=\"wp-image-48399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/how-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linuxhow-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linux.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/how-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linuxhow-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linux-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/how-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linuxhow-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linux-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/how-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linuxhow-to-create-symbolic-links-on-linux-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because everything in Linux is treated as a file, using links adds flexibility to create mappings to certain files or directories. There are hard links and soft links. A symlink, also called a symbolic link, is a file that points to another file or directory on the server. Except for files and directories, the symlinks can point to pipes or even other symlinks, which creates symbolic link chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>When you upgrade or downgrade an application on your server, some libraries may not be compatible, causing your application to crash. To ensure library compatibility, you can use symlinks to point the generic library name to the specific library version. Symlinks are also used in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/apache-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apache<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/nginx-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nginx<\/a> configurations, specifically to map which sites are enabled by creating a symbolic link from the sites-available to the sites-enabled directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_66_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66700fbbc4b29\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66700fbbc4b29\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-symlink-on-linux\/#How-to-create-a-symlink\" title=\"How to create a symlink\">How to create a symlink<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-symlink-on-linux\/#How-to-remove-a-symlink\" title=\"How to remove a symlink\">How to remove a symlink<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-symlink-on-linux\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-to-create-a-symlink\"><\/span>How to create a symlink<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating symbolic link in Linux is a straightforward process with the command ln -s and both paths from the source and destination directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ln -s \/path\/to\/source\/file \/path\/to\/destination\/file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find an example below for Nginx site configurations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/my.site.conf \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/my.site.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can try creating your own symbolic link in the opt directory, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>root@Server:\/opt# ln -s \/etc\/someconfig.conf someconfig.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike hard links, symlink will have its own inode number that will refer to the path of the original file. You can check the symbolic link that was created with the command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># ls -l\nsomeconf.conf -&gt; \/etc\/someconf.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can notice that this shows that the someconf.conf file is a symbolic link to \/etc\/someconf.conf file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you try to create a symlink that already exists, you will receive an error that the file already exists. You can run <strong>ln -sf <\/strong>to force the creation of symlink, which will unlink and create the symbolic link again with a different path:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># ln -sf \/etc\/new\/app\/someconf.conf someconf.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-to-remove-a-symlink\"><\/span>How to remove a symlink<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to remove the created symlinks, you can either use the <strong>rm <\/strong>command or <strong>unlink<\/strong>. To delete the symlink that was created previously with rm or unlink, you can use: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>rm someconf.conf <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>or <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>unlink someconf.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Both will have the same effect, it will remove the someconf.conf symlink but keep the file in the source directory \/etc\/someconf.conf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, we mentioned Chains of Symlinks, which are symlinks of symlink. Let\u2019s say you have the previous symbolic link. Then, you create a new symlink of that file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ln -s \/etc\/someconf.conf \/opt\/someconf.conf\nln -s \/opt\/someconf.conf \/var\/opt\/someconf.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, if you try to delete the last symlink, the head of the chain with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>unlink \/var\/opt\/someconf.conf <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This will remove the symlink<strong> someconf.conf -&gt; \/opt\/someconf.conf<\/strong>, but the symlink in <strong>\/opt\/someconf.conf<\/strong> will still exist. This does not apply if you delete the <strong>\/opt\/someconf.conf<\/strong> symlink instead of \/var\/opt\/someconf.conf, then the symbolic link chain won\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Symlinks are often shortcuts to files or directories with long paths, simplifying complex directory structures and helping you organize your important files. After reading this article, you should know how to create new symlinks and overwrite or remove existing symbolic links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope this article helped you better understand symbolic links. If it did, please let us know with a comment below. If you know of others who might be interested in it, you can also share this post online. 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