![]() If you move this symlink to some other folder, the resolved path will change accordingly: some-folder/relative-symlink -> target-folder/file.txt resolves to /some-folder/target-folder/file.txt some-other-folder/absolute-symlink -> /target-folder/file.txt still resolves to /target-folder/file.txt If you move this symlink to some other folder, this doesn’t affect the resolved path: some-folder/absolute-symlink -> /target-folder/file.txt resolves to /target-folder/file.txt ![]() on some file system formats, it is possible for the symlink to have different permissions than the file it points to (this is uncommon)Īdditionally, an example showing the difference between an Absolute Symbolic Link and Relative Symbolic Link pulled from the following forum post has been displayed below:.can point to a file in a different filesystem.(In some cases it is actually desirable for a link to point to whatever file currently occupies a particular location) will break if original is moved or deleted.(ls -l will show what path a symlink points to) ![]()
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