Symbolic Links

We're familiar with the shortcuts our operating systems provide, but did you know these aren't the only types of links that exist? Today, we delve deeper into the cousins of the shortcut, the symbolic link, and the hard link!


= Contents =
00:00 Introduction
00:59 Traditional Shortcuts
02:20 Demo: Shortcut Files
02:52 Symbolic Links
04:05 How to create Symlinks
05:14 Demo: Symlinks
06:18 Creating Symlinks to folders
08:16 Introduction to Hardlinks
09:03 How to create Hardlinks
10:01 Demo: Hardlinks
11:16 Comparison of Shortcut Types
15:44 Issues with Symlinks in general
18:50 Symlinks to Remote Files



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