https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/creating-hard-links/m-p/3998474#M28251 Actually, ftp is a directory and I'm trying to create a hard link to the dir..<BR /><BR />I get the follwoing..<BR /><BR />[root@pwqaap21 www]# ln ftp /www/ftpod<BR />ln: `ftp': hard link not allowed for directory Fri, 11 May 2007 16:26:45 GMT Ragni Singh 2007-05-11T16:26:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/creating-hard-links/m-p/3998473#M28250 Hello all,<BR /><BR />I'm currently in this dir..<BR /><BR />/www/ftp and I have a request for the following..<BR /><BR />Please create a hardlink /www/ftpod to<BR />/www/ftp.<BR /><BR />How would I do this? Thahks and points will be assigned. Fri, 11 May 2007 15:51:45 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/creating-hard-links/m-p/3998473#M28250 Ragni Singh 2007-05-11T15:51:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/creating-hard-links/m-p/3998474#M28251 Actually, ftp is a directory and I'm trying to create a hard link to the dir..<BR /><BR />I get the follwoing..<BR /><BR />[root@pwqaap21 www]# ln ftp /www/ftpod<BR />ln: `ftp': hard link not allowed for directory Fri, 11 May 2007 16:26:45 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/creating-hard-links/m-p/3998474#M28251 Ragni Singh 2007-05-11T16:26:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/creating-hard-links/m-p/3998475#M28252 In Linux, you cannot create hard links to directories. Only soft links and the command will be:<BR /><BR />ln -s /www/ftpod /www/ftp Fri, 11 May 2007 16:27:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/creating-hard-links/m-p/3998475#M28252 Ivan Ferreira 2007-05-11T16:27:03Z