Editing Symbolic link (section)

==Comparison of POSIX and Windows symbolic links==
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!  
! Symbolic link
! [[NTFS junction point|Junction]]
! [[Hard link]]
|-
! scope="row" | When the link is deleted...
| The target remains unchanged
| The target is deleted{{efn|except when using special tools}}
| A reference counter is decremented. When it reaches 0, the target is deleted.
|-
! scope="row" | When target is moved...
| The link becomes invalid
| The link becomes invalid
| The link remains valid
|-
! scope="row" | Relative path
| {{yes|Allowed}}
| {{No|Not allowed}}{{efn|On saving, becomes an absolute path}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
! scope="row" | Can be on a different volume?
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
! scope="row" | Link to files on [[Windows]]
| rowspan="2" {{yes}}{{Efn|Supported on Windows Vista and later. The Windows implementation is not POSIX-compliant. Creating them requires the "create symbolic link" privilege (SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege). By default a user account holds this privilege when it is either an administrator or has Developer Mode enabled (Windows 10 v1703 and later).<ref>{{cite web |title=Create symbolic links |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/create-symbolic-links |website=Windows client documentation for IT Pros |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |via=Microsoft Learn |date=18 January 2023}}</ref>}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | Link to folders on [[Windows]]
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
! scope="row" | Link to files on [[Unix]]
| {{yes}}
| {{N/A}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | Link to folders on [[Unix]]
| {{yes}}
| {{N/A}}
| {{partial}}{{efn|POSIX permits hard links on folders but does not require them. Modern file systems tend to not support it.}}
|}
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