---
title: "file:link — Create symbolic link"
description: "iXML command file:link: Create symbolic link."
canonical_url: "https://www.zeyos.com/ixml/ref/file-link"
markdown_url: "https://www.zeyos.com/ai/guide/ixml/ref/file-link.md"
section: "ixml-reference"
authority: "reference"
language: "en"
source_repository: "https://cloud.zeyos.com/__doc/ixmldoc.xml"
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---

# file:link — Create symbolic link

FILE:LINK creates a symbolic link to a target name.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| linkname | string |  | Link name |
| targetname | string |  | Target name |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- (none documented)

### Examples

```xml
<file:exists var="exists" filename="./test/ixml_link.inc"/>

<if value1="$exists" func="!=" value2="">
	<file:delete filename="./test/ixml_link.inc"/>
</if>

<file:link linkname="./test/ixml_link.inc" targetname="./test/ixml.inc"/>
```