I always forget the exact syntax for making a symbolic link from the command line. It’s quick enough to look it up, especially when using Fish’s history search capabilities, but ever since I noticed you could make symlinks with LaunchBar, that has become my preferred method.
The animated GIF below shows making a symlink of a folder in my LaunchBar actions folder (~/Library/Application Support/LaunchBar/Actions/beats-x-launchbar-actions) in a subfolder in my Projects folder (~/projects/launchbar-actions).
The workflow goes like so:
- Select the folder you want the symlink to point to. In this case I selected it in the Finder and sent it to LaunchBar with Instant Send.
- Hit
tab to invoke Send To… - Select the target folder, where you want the new symlink to live. In this case I:
- Navigated to my
~/projectsfolder by typing p - Tapped the right arrow key to navigate into the folder
- Started typing the name of the target folder laun
- Hit enter to get the list of actions
- Navigated to my
- Select “Make Symbolic Link (Absolute)” from the list of file actions.