Editing Symbolic link (section)

==Other implementations==
Implementations of features similar to symbolic links.

===Early MIT===

[[MIT]] [[Compatible Time-Sharing System]] {{circa|1963}} and [[Incompatible Timesharing System]] both have linked files where the name of the target file is specified in a directory entry.<ref name="50th"/><ref name="ctsspg69"/><ref name="ctsspg63"/>

===Data General RDOS===

[[Data General]]'s [[Data General RDOS|RDOS]] for its [[Data General Nova|Nova]] computers supports "link entries", which are directory entries that contain both the name of the entry and the name of another file, so that a reference to a file using the name of the entry refers to the other file.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dg/software/rdos/093-000075-08_RDOS_Reference_Manual_Mar79.pdf |title=Real Time Disk Operating System (RDOS) Reference Manual |pages=2{{hyp}}11-2{{hyp}}12 |publisher=[[Data General]] |date=March 1979}}</ref>

===Amiga===
The command creating symbolic links is <code>makelink</code>, which is also used for hard links. Internally the dos.library returns an error code indicating that a target is a soft link if you try to perform actions on it that are only legal for a file, and applications that wish to follow the symbolic link then needs to explicitly make a call to follow the link and retry the operation. The [[AmigaDOS]] shell will follow links automatically.

===Mac OS===
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In Mac OS, applications or users can also employ ''[[Alias (Mac OS)|aliases]]'', which have the added feature of following the target, even if it is moved to another location on the same volume. This is not to be confused with the shell command [[alias (command)|alias]].

===OS/2===
In the [[OS/2]] operating system, symbolic links somewhat resemble [[Shadow (OS/2)|shadows]] in the graphical [[Workplace Shell]]. However, shadows, due to the fully object-oriented System Object Model, are considerably more powerful and robust than a simple link. For example, shadows do not lose their capabilities when renamed or when either the object or subject of the link is relocated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rojas |first1=Miguel |title=Cómo ejecutar versiones de Python diferentes a las predeterminadas |url=https://manualestutor.com/desarrollador-de-ios/como-ejecutar-versiones-de-python-diferentes-a-las-predeterminadas/ |newspaper=Manualestutor |date=16 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref>