Python os.symlink() Method

Description

Python 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/python

import os

src = '/usr/bin/python'
dst = '/tmp/python'

# This creates a symbolic link on python in tmp directory
os.symlink(src, dst)

print "symlink created"

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/python