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I want to create a symlink that should point to another directory.

Like inside directory /var/www/vhosts/ecash-staging.com/ should be a symlink named as ecash_root that should pointing to --> /var/www/vhosts/ecash_cfe.

How is this possible ?

I have googled but there some people said that there should be a dir ecash_root exist in /var/www/vhosts/ecash_cfe/... but I do not want that.

i just have to create symlink in /var/..../ecash-staging.com/ name as ecash_root that should point to /var/www/vhosts/ecash_cfe but should not be a ecash_root dir inside /var/www/vhosts/ecash_cfe.

thanks to all

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open a terminal, enter ln --help or/and man ln and read it for additional information... – DJCrashdummy Oct 31 '16 at 6:22
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Use ln:

ln -s /var/www/vhosts/ecash_cfe /var/www/vhosts/ecash-staging.com/ecash_root

  • -s stands for symbolic link

  • /var/www/vhosts/ecash_cfe is the source file

  • /var/www/vhosts/ecash-staging.com/ecash_root is the link name

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2 commands worked for me . one of them that is @heemayl mentioned above . and other one in current directory just ran the command ls -s /var/www/vhosts/ecash_cfe ecash_root . same worked both . good . – Waqas Rana Oct 31 '16 at 6:31
    
@heemayl isn't it the other way around? – still_dreaming_1 Feb 21 '17 at 15:45

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