From many days i was thinking on which topic should i post on :/
So here i am with a topic known as 'Symlink'..
Symlink is also known as Symbolic Link
So let's start with the definition given by ..
Wikipedia
In computing, a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution. Symbolic links were already present by 1978 in mini-computer operating systems from DEC and Data General's RDOS. Today they are supported by the POSIX operating-system standard, most Unix-like operating systems such as FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, and Mac OS X, and also Windows operating systems such as Windows Vista, Windows 7 and to some degree in Windows 2000 and Windows XP in the form of Shortcut files.
Symbolic links operate transparently for most operations: programs that read or write to files named by a symbolic link will behave as if operating directly on the target file. However, programs that need to handle symbolic links specially (e.g., backup utilities) may identify and manipulate them directly.
Hmm..
Seems impressive na?
Okk .. now lemme tell u how it can be used..
Just imagine you get to upload symlink to a server..
When u will open the fill it will provide you with all the important and
may be sometime confidential details and information about the serve..
Cool right?
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In the coming times i will explain that with live sites and shell..
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SK
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