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How do I create a symbolic link?
ln -s [TARGET DIRECTORY OR FILE] ./[SHORTCUT]
For example:
ln -s /usr/local/apache/logs ./logs
This points a symbolic link "./logs" to "/usr/local/apache/logs"

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