XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
Which command is used to create a symbolic link named 'link' pointing to the file 'original'?
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ln -s original link
ln -s creates a symbolic link.
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symlink original link
Why it's wrong here
symlink is not a standard Linux command.
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ln -s link original
Why it's wrong here
The order is target then link name; this would create a symbolic link named original pointing to link.
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ln original link
Why it's wrong here
This creates a hard link, not symbolic.
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ln -s original link
Why this is correct
This creates a symbolic link from link to original.
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