A symbolic link is also known as a soft link and is depicted by an @ symbol appearing at the beginning of the filename when viewed using the ls l command. True or False?

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

A symbolic link, also known as a soft link, is a special type of file pointing to another file or directory.

Soft link is like a shortcut in Windows. It is pointed to a directory indirectly unnlike a hard link, a symbolic link can point to a file or a directory on a different filesystem or partition.

A soft link is a link which has its own "inode" (permissions, ownership, etc.) apart from its target.