Symbolic link (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Symbolic link" in English language version.

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14microsoft.com

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151^st place

6opengroup.org

3,671^st place

2,607^th place

3netbsd.org

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3freebsd.org

5,469^th place

3,758^th place

2github.com

383^rd place

320^th place

2bitsavers.org

4,153^rd place

2,291^st place

2dragonflybsd.org

low place

2keith.github.io

low place

2cygwin.com

low place

1multicians.org

low place

1ibiblio.org

1,079^th place

789^th place

1usenix.org

5,990^th place

3,752^nd place

1lwn.net

4,423^rd place

2,925^th place

1schinagl.priv.at

low place

1windows.com

2,448^th place

1,527^th place

1manualestutor.com

low place

1web.archive.org

1^st place

bitsavers.org (Global: 4,153^rd place; English: 2,291^st place)

Crisman, Patricia A., ed. (December 31, 1969). "The Compatible Time-Sharing System, A Programmer's Guide" (PDF). The M.I.T Computation Center. Retrieved March 10, 2022. U.F.D. entries that point to other U.F.D. entries instead of to the file itself
Real Time Disk Operating System (RDOS) Reference Manual (PDF). Data General. March 1979. pp. 2-11 – 2-12.

cygwin.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Chapter 3. Using Cygwin". www.cygwin.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
"Using Cygwin effectively with Windows".

dragonflybsd.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

leaf.dragonflybsd.org

lchmod(2) – DragonFly BSD System Calls and Error Numbers Manual
lchflags(2) – DragonFly BSD System Calls and Error Numbers Manual

freebsd.org (Global: 5,469^th place; English: 3,758^th place)

freebsd.org

lchmod(2) – FreeBSD System Calls Manual
lchflags(2) – FreeBSD System Calls Manual

wiki.freebsd.org

Brooks Davis (2008). "Variant symbolic links for FreeBSD" (PDF).

github.com (Global: 383^rd place; English: 320^th place)

Bill Joy; Sam Leffler. "Surviving with 4.1a bsd". GitHub. Retrieved 8 September 2023. It also includes a few other features which you may find useful, such as symbolic links and an improved group scheme.
"Coreutils: ln --symbolic creates hard links (MSYS2-packages #249)". GitHub.

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,079^th place; English: 789^th place)

Corbato, F. J.; Daggett, M. M.; Daley, R. C.; Creasy, R. J.; Hellwig, J. D.; Orenstein, R. H.; Korn, L. K. (1963). "The Compatible Time-Sharing System A Programmer's Guide" (PDF). MIT. Retrieved November 29, 2022. Link: The format is similar to Copy. The specified file is not copied

keith.github.io (Global: low place; English: low place)

lchmod(3) – Darwin and macOS Library Functions Manual
lchflags(3) – Darwin and macOS Library Functions Manual

lwn.net (Global: 4,423^rd place; English: 2,925^th place)

Neil Brown (2016). "A case for variant symlinks". LWN.

manualestutor.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Rojas, Miguel (16 December 2020). "Cómo ejecutar versiones de Python diferentes a las predeterminadas". Manualestutor. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

microsoft.com (Global: 153^rd place; English: 151^st place)

learn.microsoft.com

Russinovich, Mark (4 July 2016). "Junction". Sysinternals. Microsoft – via Microsoft Learn.
Ashcraft, Alvin (8 July 2025). "Hard Links and Junctions". Windows App Development. Microsoft. Retrieved 2025-09-30 – via Microsoft Learn.
"Programming Considerations (Local File Systems)". Microsoft Learn.
"Symbolic Links". Windows App Development. Microsoft. 8 July 2025 – via Microsoft Learn.
Russinovich, Mark (February 2007). "Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1". Microsoft Learn. File-based symbolic links.
Walker, Jim (1 June 2024). "CreateSymbolicLinkW function (winbase.h)". Windows App Development.
Warren, Genevieve. "File.CreateSymbolicLink(String, String) Method (System.IO)". .NET 6 Documentation. Microsoft. Retrieved 2025-09-30 – via Microsoft Learn.
Warren, Genevieve. "Directory.CreateSymbolicLink(String, String) Method (System.IO)". .NET 6 Documentation. Microsoft. Retrieved 2025-09-30 – via Microsoft Learn.
"Create symbolic links". Windows client documentation for IT Pros. Microsoft. 18 January 2023 – via Microsoft Learn.
"Distributed Link Tracking on domain controllers - Windows Server". 23 February 2023.
"Distributed Link Tracking and Object Identifiers". Microsoft Learn. Microsoft Corporation. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
"Specifying a Namespace Extension's Location". Windows Shell Library. Microsoft. 6 January 2021. Using File System Folders as Junction Points – via Microsoft Learn.
"Creating Shell Extensions with Shell Instance Objects". Microsoft Learn. 29 June 2010.

support.microsoft.com

"You cannot view or change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, in Windows Vista or in Windows 7". support.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017.

multicians.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Walden, David; Van Vleck, Tom, eds. (2011). "Compatible Time-Sharing System (1961-1973): Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Overview" (PDF). IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved February 20, 2022. As CTSS developed, we provided ways for users to share their files on disk, through "common files" and "linking,"

netbsd.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

man.netbsd.org

symlink(7) – NetBSD Miscellaneous Information Manual: magic symlinks.
lchmod(2) – NetBSD System Calls Manual
lchflags(2) – NetBSD System Calls Manual

opengroup.org (Global: 3,671^st place; English: 2,607^th place)

pubs.opengroup.org

link – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group
symlink – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group
lstat – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group
lchown – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group
readlink – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group

opengroup.org

"Pathname resolution". POSIX.

schinagl.priv.at (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Link Shell Extension website". Link Shell Extension website.

usenix.org (Global: 5,990^th place; English: 3,752^nd place)

static.usenix.org

Pike, Rob (2000). Lexical file names in Plan 9 or getting dot-dot right (PDF). Proc. USENIX Annual Tech. Conf.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"You cannot view or change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, in Windows Vista or in Windows 7". support.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017.

windows.com (Global: 2,448^th place; English: 1,527^th place)

blogs.windows.com

Durr, Yosef (2 December 2016). "Symlinks in Windows 10!". Windows Experience. Microsoft – via Windows Blogs.

Symbolic link (English Wikipedia)

bitsavers.org (Global: 4,153rd place; English: 2,291st place)

cygwin.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

dragonflybsd.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

leaf.dragonflybsd.org

freebsd.org (Global: 5,469th place; English: 3,758th place)

freebsd.org

wiki.freebsd.org

github.com (Global: 383rd place; English: 320th place)

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,079th place; English: 789th place)

keith.github.io (Global: low place; English: low place)

lwn.net (Global: 4,423rd place; English: 2,925th place)

manualestutor.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

microsoft.com (Global: 153rd place; English: 151st place)

learn.microsoft.com

support.microsoft.com

multicians.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

netbsd.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

man.netbsd.org

opengroup.org (Global: 3,671st place; English: 2,607th place)

pubs.opengroup.org

opengroup.org

schinagl.priv.at (Global: low place; English: low place)

usenix.org (Global: 5,990th place; English: 3,752nd place)

static.usenix.org

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

windows.com (Global: 2,448th place; English: 1,527th place)

blogs.windows.com

bitsavers.org (Global: 4,153^rd place; English: 2,291^st place)

freebsd.org (Global: 5,469^th place; English: 3,758^th place)

github.com (Global: 383^rd place; English: 320^th place)

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,079^th place; English: 789^th place)

lwn.net (Global: 4,423^rd place; English: 2,925^th place)

microsoft.com (Global: 153^rd place; English: 151^st place)

opengroup.org (Global: 3,671^st place; English: 2,607^th place)

usenix.org (Global: 5,990^th place; English: 3,752^nd place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

windows.com (Global: 2,448^th place; English: 1,527^th place)