A symbolic link, also termed a soft link, is a special kind of file that points to another file, much like a shortcut in Windows or a Macintosh alias. Unlike a hard link, a symbolic link does not contain the data in the target file. Replace myfile with the name of the symbolic link. …

What is soft link used for?

A soft link is similar to the file shortcut feature which is used in Windows Operating systems. Each soft linked file contains a separate Inode value that points to the original file. As similar to hard links, any changes to the data in either file is reflected in the other.

Why we use soft link in Linux?

What is Soft Link And Hard Link In Linux?

• can cross the file system,
• allows you to link between directories,
• has different inodes number and file permissions than original file,
• permissions will not be updated,
• has only the path of the original file, not the contents.