Symbolic links

Symbolic and hard links, being one of the features of the Linux OS, allow you to access the same file from different places in the file system. In Windows, the analog is shortcuts.

Types of Symbolic links:

Absolute - "\machineB\share"
Relative "..\..\theta"

Create Symbolic link in Windows, if it is a file:

cmd /c mklink c:\path\to\symlink c:\target\file

Create Symbolic link in Windows, if it is a folder:

cmd /c mklink /d c:\path\to\symlink c:\target\directory

Create Symbolic link in Unix-like systems:

ln -s source_file myfile

Symbolic links are available in NTFS starting with Windows Vista.