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MacOS: How to "cd" into a symlink?

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Mar 15, 202611847 views
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Problem

I have a folder "abc". I create a symlink: . but then, whan I type, it says "No such file or directory". I can see the link, it has "lrwxr-xr-x" permissions, why doesn't it work? How to make it work?

Error Output

ln -s abc abclink

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Fix for: MacOS: How to "cd" into a symlink?

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Usually when you run into that, your target is invalid. i.e. abc doesn't exist. Yes, you can create symlinks to things that don't exist.

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