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Need to hide a symbolic link without hiding the directory it links to

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Mar 15, 20268576 views
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Problem

I created a symbolic link (specifically a symbolic link & not a Finder alias which bash can't follow) to a directory in my home folder using & now I wish to hide the link in the Finder so I don't have to look at it. Normally I would use to accomplish this, but of course that would affect the direct…

Error Output

ln -s link $HOME/directory

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Fix for: Need to hide a symbolic link without hiding the directory it links to

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The '-P' flag will make it operate on the symlink and not what it points to. The '-a V' portion will turn on the invisible attribute to hide it in the Finder.

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