Symbolic link in *nix is just like a shortcut in Window. You can create a shortcut for script or directory. You can delete symbolic link anytime and it wont affect your link directory or files.
To create symbolic link is very easy, it’s just a line of command to create symbolic link in *nix. We use ln command to create symbolic link. Below are the explanation on how to use ln command
#ln -s [PATH_TO_SCRIPT] ./[SHORTCUT_NAME]
So for example, if I want to create a symbolic link “apachelogs” at myfolder to point to /usr/local/apache/logs folder then i’ll use the command below:-
ln -s /usr/local/apache/logs /home/myfolder/apachelogs
So you can try to create your own symbolic link now. 
thanks a lot. helped me out for typing the long list of folders each time.
hi Santiago Panchi, if you are trying to link to a device then you need to create a script n make it auto run whenever you start your machine. If you are linking to a normal file, the symbolic link wont be missing whenever reboot.
Hello there
I have a question. I created a symbolic link to a device.
“ln -s /dev/ACM0 /dev/ttyS96″ in Ubuntu hardy. My problem is when I restart the computer the symbolic link disappears. How can I solve this problem?
With kind regards
Thanks for all
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