UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello,

I am having a problem to create a shortcut in a directory linked to another directory in my home directory. For example, I would like to create a shortcut 'outputs', which directly links to the real 'outputs' in my home directory. So, I was wondering if ln is the correct command in this case, or which command shall I use. Thank you so much!

The word "shortcut" is a Window-ism. You'd normally use "ln -s" to create a (symbolic, or soft) link.

It's hard to tell from your description, where the "problem" is.

Can you be more descriptive?

Code:

cd
ln -s some_dir/another_dir/outputs outputs

Yes, I specify my question more here.

I am running a program which generates outputs in my home directory (1). However, in order to access conveniently to the output files, I need to create a 'shortcut' in my project's directory so I do not have to cd back and forth.

(1): ~/outputs/
(2): ~/project/Space/

To do that, I made the 'outputs' in my home directory and I tried 'ln -s ~/outputs ~/project/Space' but it gave me a symbolic link that fails to access to the outputs in my home directory. Please help, thank you so much!!!

To create a symbolic link from ~/project/Space/outputs to ~/outputs, you could use:

Code:

ln -s ../../outputs ~/project/Space/outputs

-or-

Code:

ln -s ~/outputs ~/project/Space/outputs

So, you have a directory (not a link) in your home directory called "outputs"

You have a directory off your home directory called "project/Space"

Inside project/Space you have a link called "outputs".

Show me:

Code:

ls -ld ~/outputs
 
ls -ld ~/project/Space
 
ls -l ~/project/Space

Thank you for your time, guys. The problem is resolved.

I used the following codes to do that:

"ln -s ../../outputs ~/project/Space" (Scrutinizer) then
"ls -ld outputs" (scottn)

Thanks again =)