Easily create Symbolic Links in OSX via contextual menu


The easy way is with SymbolicLinker 2.0v2. It's a Contextual Menu plugin that allows you to right-click on a folder or file and instantly create the symlink.

The long way in Terminal with the ln command is like this:

ln -s ~/path/to/source/folder ~/path/to/symlink

So for a folder on your desktop:

ln -s ~/Desktop/folder ~/Desktop/folder-simlink 

(Works same way for files.)

Get more info on symlinks by typing "man symlink" in Terminal (without quotes) and press return.