Name: symbolic link

Synonyms: symbolic link,symlink,syminks,symlinked,symlinking,soft link,softlink,softlinked,softlinking

Type: glossary

Description:
On <Unix|Unix systems>, an alternative <file path> for a <file> or <folder|directory>. Specifying the symbolic link in a <file> operation uses the <file> or <folder|directory> the link refers to. 
 
(The <Mac OS> and <OS X> equivalent is the <alias>. The <Windows> equivalent is the <shortcut>.)

References: file (glossary), shortcut (glossary), OS X (glossary), alias (glossary), Windows (glossary), Mac OS (glossary), file path (glossary), folder (glossary), Unix (glossary)

Tags: file system
