How to create a symbolic Link in linux

Basically, to create a symbolic  link in Linux you have to use the  command called ln as follows:

  
    ln -s /var/www/myapp/web/ /html/customerapp

  

the command ls has two parameter the target(/var/www/myapp/web/) and the source (/html/customerapp). The target  is the existing file/diretory and the source the file to be created.