The create-symlink command is used to create a symbolic link (also known as soft link).

Note For more information about symbolic links, see Set a symbolic link.

Command syntax

./ossutil create-symlink cloud_url target_object [--encoding-type url] [--payer requester] [-c file]

Examples

./ossutil create-symlink  oss://bucket1/b oss://bucket1/path/a.txt
This command creates a symbolic link object named b for the a.txt object in the path folder of bucket1.
Note The system does not perform the following checks when symbolic links are created:
  • Whether the mapped object exists.
  • Whether the mapped object is valid.
  • Whether the user has permission to access the mapped object.
  • The preceding checks are performed when you attempt to call operations such as GetObject to access the mapped object.
  • If the object to be added already exists and you have permissions to access the object, the newly added object will overwrite the existing object.

You can run the stat or read-symlink command to view the object a symbolic link maps to.

Common options

The following table describes the options you can add to the create-symlink command.
Option Description
--encoding-type Specifies the encoding type of the object name. If this option is specified, this value must be url. If this option is not specified, the object name is not encoded. Bucket names cannot be URL-encoded.
--retry-times Specifies the number of times an operation is retried if the operation fails. Valid values: 1 to 500. Default value: 10.
--loglevel Specifies the log level. The default value is null, indicating that no log files are generated. Valid values:
  • info: generates prompt logs.
  • debug: generates detailed logs that contain corresponding HTTP request and response information.
--payer Specifies the payer of the request. To enable the pay-by-requester mode, set this option to requester.
--proxy-host Specifies the URL of the proxy server. HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 are supported. An example of the URL is http://120.79. **.**:3128 or socks5://120.79. **. **:1080.
--proxy-user Specifies the username of the proxy server. The default value is null.
--proxy-pwd Specifies the password of the proxy server. The default value is null.
Note For more information about common options, see View all supported options.