title: Creating symbolic links in AIX 6.1 server
body: <p>I'm trying to create sym-links using the following commands :</p>
  
  <pre><code>root:d2stud -&gt; $ ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.a /opt/freeware/lib/libssl.a
  ln: 0653-421 /opt/freeware/lib/libssl.a exists.
      Specify -f to remove /opt/freeware/lib/libssl.a before linking.
  (/stud/config/git_install)
  root:d2stud -&gt; $
  
  
  root:d2stud -&gt; $ ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.a /opt/freeware/lib/libcrypto.a
  ln: 0653-421 /opt/freeware/lib/libcrypto.a exists.
      Specify -f to remove /opt/freeware/lib/libcrypto.a before linking.
  (/stud/config/git_install)
  root:d2stud -&gt; $
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I did not get what I need to remove as specified by the error message.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone explain how I can resolve the error.</p>