olemus
teisele failile või kataloogile viitav erifail, milles on tekstistring, mida opsüsteem tõlgendab teenimena
= any file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

https://medium.com/@307/hard-links-and-symbolic-links-a-comparison-7f2b56864cdd

https://medium.com/@devmonika/hard-links-vs-soft-links-explained-f29f67ba01e5

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/blog/certifications/open-source/linux-hard-links-versus-soft-links-explained

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/file-hard-soft-link-test

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