Symbolic Links

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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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27 июл 2024

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@AhmadAteek 3 года назад

best teacher ever, but i came here for junction links i really hoped you would cover it in detail in this video

@NERDfirst 3 года назад

Hello and thank you for your comment! Sorry about that! I realized junctions involve remote machines and I wasn't able to really test that properly. Maybe I'll go back to it someday. Hope I've been a help nonetheless =)

@wrinkledm 3 года назад

Very nice, the first of 4 videos I've watched on SymLinks where the host didn't rush through and made everything easy to follow. Thx for taking the time to do this right!

@NERDfirst 3 года назад

You're welcome! Very happy to be of help =)

@RUBALNANDALBIT 3 года назад

Haha this video made my post my 1st comment on youtube in 5 years ... .. daaam it was soo good keep up the good work :D

@NERDfirst 3 года назад

Hello and thank you very much for your comment! Glad to be of help =)

@jjjjson2007 4 года назад

Wow very informative video! I watched some other ones on youtube first but still had some questions and partly confused. After watching yours I was able to understand the concepts a lot better, especially since you gave examples of advantages and drawbacks as well for all 3 types of links! Thanks a lot for being so detailed :)

@NERDfirst 4 года назад

Hello and thank you very much for your comment! Very happy to be of help =)

@oAdrienEo 3 года назад

Very nice and informative video!

@NERDfirst 3 года назад

Hello and thank you very much for your comment! Glad you liked the video =)

@satya8320 2 года назад

really great explanation!

@NERDfirst 2 года назад

Hello and thank you for your comment! Glad you liked the video =)

@fiaztv3206 2 года назад

Great video very informative and nicely explained better than about 6 other ones i have seen. I was also waiting for your junction explanation due to onedrive. that is the only thing missing. Thank you.

@NERDfirst 2 года назад

Hello and thank you very much for your comment! Since you're using onedrive, I don't believe you will need to use any feature exclusive to junctions, since, on Windows at least, the onedrive folder shows up as a regular folder.

@NERDfirst 2 года назад

Hello again! That's an interesting use case that I haven't fully understood myself. I've done a few tests and it does seem that even on Windows, for a OneDrive folder, a directory symlink behaves differently from a junction. I'll look into it more and see if I can figure it out!

@hypogamerjr.6555 4 года назад

Good Video Once Again!!

@NERDfirst 4 года назад

Hello and thank you for your comment! Glad you liked the video =)

@ShellYoung 4 года назад

I use symlinks to replace the folders and files, which have the biggest amount of write operations, from an SSD to an HDD. The goal is to make SSD live longer. For example: DrWeb (logging operations) and Fallout 4 save files (20-50 mb per file).

@NERDfirst 4 года назад

Hello and thank you for your comment! Good thinking! I have standard shortcuts that go from my desktop (on the boot drive which is an SSD) to my hard disk, but this takes it to the next level!

@atinjanki2651 4 года назад

I learnt something new today:)

@NERDfirst 4 года назад

Hello and thank you for your comment! Very happy to be of help =)

@geennaam9744 3 года назад

great video

@NERDfirst 3 года назад

Hello and thank you for your comment! Glad you liked the video =)

@TonTruong 4 года назад

thx for share

@NERDfirst 4 года назад

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video =)

@henrikd.8818 3 года назад

Did you know that Linux is literaly using symlinks everywhere? It's also not causing problems that users use symlinks much more than the Linux equivalent of an lnk

@NERDfirst 3 года назад

Hello and thank you for your comment! For sure, ultimately, these are tools, and they're completely fine as long as they're used correctly. That's not to say that the risks or potential gotchas aren't there, the user just needs to be aware of them, which is why it's important to bring them up in a discussion of the pros and cons.