For most Unix users, symbolic links are obvious and natural — a means to make connections that span file systems and avoid the need to keep duplicates of files in multiple file system locations.

Symbolic links, or symlinks, are versatile tools supported by major operating systems like Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, and Ubuntu. Android and iOS offer limited symlink capabilities, usually for ...

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