How to create a link xxx to /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something/?
Assume the xxx is created under /home/jake and you're currently in /home/jake. When you do cd xxx, you directly go to /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something/.
2 Answers
Symbolic or soft link (files or directories, more flexible and self documenting)
# Source Link ln -s /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something /home/jake/xxx Hard link (files only, less flexible and not self documenting)
# Source Link ln /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something /home/jake/xxx More information: man ln
/home/jake/xxx is like a new directory. To avoid "is not a directory: No such file or directory" error, as @trlkly comment, use relative path in the target, that is, using the example:
cd /home/jake/ln -s /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something xxx
you should use :
ln -s /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something xxx 
