title: Laravel 5.6 storage link already exists but i am getting 404 error when trying to get a file from the public folder
body: <p>I've created a symlink using the command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>php artisan storage:link
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I've created a file in <code>storage/app/public</code>.  Following the documentation, I could get the link to this file with:</p>
  
  <pre><code>asset('storage/file.txt')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which returns in the html code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://127.0.0.1:8000/storage/psps.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I am getting 404 error.  Any help?</p>