SoftLink:How to create a link to a directory

How to create a link xxx to /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something/?

Assume the xxx is created under /home/jake and you're currently in /home/jake. When you do cd xxx, you directly go to /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something/.

Ans:

Symbolic or soft link (files or directories, more flexible and self documenting)

#     Source                             Link
ln -s /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something /home/jake/xxx

Hard link (files only, less flexible and not self documenting)

#   Source                             Link
ln /home/jake/doc/test/2000/something /home/jake/xxx

More information: man ln

Resource Link

1. How to create a link to a directory

2. Create a symbolic link of Directory in Ubuntu