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symbolic link
A special type of file that can be used to redirect a file or directory path transparently to another file or directory that may be on another system.
Also known as symlink or soft link. Symbolic links differ from hard links in that deletion of the underlying file causes them to be "broken", and subsequent attempts to traverse them fail.
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File System