Ubuntu: Creating a symlink with network shared folder
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I'm trying to create a symlink with a network shared folder (located in a Windows system) from my Ubuntu system using the command. It creates a link but it says the link is broken. But the path exists and I can browse to the network folder path. Could anybody point me the issue? Basically, I'm tryi…
Error Output
ln -s smb://sys-name/www www
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Fix for: Ubuntu: Creating a symlink with network shared folder
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You can't make a link to something which isn't in your filesystem. That you can browse it is a feature of your file browser; that's why it doesn't work with eclipse or ln. What you want to do is mount the remote filesystem into your filesystem. For …
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