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# Symlink
A symlink (symbolic link) is a \"normal\" file, which contains a pointer
to another filename. Since it really only points to another **filename**
it can
- reference filenames on other filesystems
- reference filenames that don\'t actually exist
- save a reference to the name of a directory
## See also
- [hardlink](/dict/terms/hardlink)
- [filesystem](/dict/terms/filesystem)
- [directory](/dict/terms/directory)