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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/hardlink.md)
- [directory](../dict/directory.md)