Symlinks let you define soft/hard links to files/directories placed in different locations. Essentially, they are like windows shortcuts (a.k.a. soft symlinks) and the other type is something in-between the two: shortcuts
Symlinks let you define soft/hard links to files/directories placed in different locations. Essentially, they are like windows shortcuts (a.k.a. soft symlinks) and the other type is something in-between the two: shortcuts and Original Files/directories. You can use HardLinks as an original file/folder, transparently.
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