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Creating Links and Shortcuts

You can create symbolic (symlink) and hard links (not all protocols allows this). In Commander interface you can also create local shortcuts.

To create new link/shortcut go to Files > New > Link. Add link/shortcut dialog will appear. Selected file will become initial target of the link/shortcut. You can of course change it to whatever you want.

To change target of existing link/shortcut, select it in file panel (links/shortcuts have arrow overlay icon) and go to Files > Edit Link. Edit link/shortcut dialog will appear. You cannot edit remote hard links. You will not be able to edit even remote symbolic links (symlink) if session option Resolve symbolic links is disabled.

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There are two options how to display target of existing symbolic link (symlink). The target is displayed either on Properties dialog or in optional Link target column in file panel.

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