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Python 3 - os.symlink() Method
Description
The method symlink() creates a symbolic link dst pointing to src.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for symlink() method −
os.symlink(src, dst)
Parameters
src − This is the source.
dest − This is the destination, which didn't exist previously.
Return Value
This method does not return any value.
Example
The following example shows the usage of symlink() method.
#!/usr/bin/python3
import os
src = '/usr/bin/python3'
dst = '/tmp/python'
# This creates a symbolic link on python in tmp directory
os.symlink(src, dst)
print ("symlink created")
Result
Let us compile and run the above program, this will create a symbolic link in /tmp directory which will be as follows −
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Apr 30 03:00 python -> /usr/bin/python3
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