You can store symlinks as symlinks (as opposed to a copy of the file/directory they point to) using the –symlinks parameter of the standard zip. Assuming foo is a directory containing symlinks: zip –symlinks -r foo.zip foo/ Rar equivalent: rar a -ol foo.rar foo/ tar stores them as is by default. tar czpvf foo.tgz foo/ … Read more
Underneath the file system, files are represented by inodes. (Or is it multiple inodes? Not sure.) A file in the file system is basically a link to an inode.A hard link, then, just creates another file with a link to the same underlying inode. When you delete a file, it removes one link to the … Read more
The correct usage is: You’re creating a link, so the link is the new link you’re about to create.And the target is the link’s target, which is the existing directory.
To create a new symlink (will fail if symlink exists already): To create or update a symlink: