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Symbolic link

In computing, a symbolic link (a.k.a. symlink or soft link) is a special computer file that refers to another file or directory by storing a path to it, thus providing an alternative access path without duplicating the target's content. Apps that use operating system services may treat a symbolic link like other files or directories, and would not know…

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Symbolic link

Nodes92
Edges91
Triples118
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021739
Components1

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Symbolic link

Top relations

related to NTFS symbolic link · 18
Symbolic link → Additionally, Create Symbolic Link, However, In Windows Vista, Microsoft, NTFS, POSIX, SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege, Server Message Block, SMB, Symbolic, Thus, To, UNIX, Unlike NTFS, Windows Vista, Windows Vista's, Windows XP
related to overview · 14
Symbolic link → BSD Unix, By, CTSS, Data General's RDOS, DEC, FreeBSD, IBM, If, Its, Linux, Symbolic, The, The POSIX, Unix-like
related to External links · 13
Symbolic link → FSUtil, FSUtil Hardlink, Japanese, Link Shell Extension, LinuxJunction, Microsoft Technet, NTFS, Sources, Symbolic Drivers, Symbolic Links, The, Windows, Windows XP
related to Storage · 11
Symbolic link → APIs, DragonFly BSD, Early, FreeBSD, It, NetBSD, Systems, The, This, Thus, To
related to NTFS junctions and volume mount points · 9
Symbolic link → Also, Junction, Normally, NTFS, Starting, They, Vista, Volume, Windows
related to Classic Mac OS · 8
Symbolic link → APIs, Carbon, Cocoa, In, Mac OS, This, Unix APIs, Unix-like
related to Cygwin symbolic links · 8
Symbolic link → Additionally, Cygwin, It, POSIX, POSIX-conforming, This, Unix, Windows
related to File shortcuts · 6
Symbolic link → Any, One, Only, Shortcuts, Symbolic, Windows
related to OS/2 · 6
Symbolic link → For, However, In, OS/2, System Object Model, Workplace Shell
related to Shell objects in Windows shell · 5
Symbolic link → Like, Path, The, Windows, Windows Registry

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Important terminology

symbolic link links windows file target path system shell ntfs points files cygwin shortcuts operating also systems directory folder junction

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Symbolic linkis aindependent file that stores a file system path that0.90text
Symbolic linkis anumber of characters in the path it points to0.90text
Symbolic linkrelated to AmigaThe0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to AmigaInternally0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to AmigaThe AmigaDOS0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to Classic Mac OSIn0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to Classic Mac OSMac OS0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to Classic Mac OSThis0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to Classic Mac OSUnix-like0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to Classic Mac OSUnix APIs0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to Classic Mac OSCarbon0.60section
Symbolic linkrelated to Classic Mac OSCocoa0.60section

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