How to create a link with an absolute path in Linux? [closed]

Question

By using "ln -s a b", it creates a soft-link from b to a with a relative path. If 'b' is moved to another directory, it would get broken.

Is there any way so I can create an link with an absolute path?

Kirkpatrick

Use the absolute path? – Varian

This question belongs on Superuser. – Colettecoleus

Also, do that in your terminal man ln. It will save you many headaches in the future. – Varian

Answer 1

Simply use the full path to the link target:

ln -s /full/path/to/a b

Colettecoleus

To get full path, use "readlink -f". Put simply: ln -s `readlink -f a` b – Havstad