Windows 7 Symbolic Link - Cannot create a file when that file already exists
command-line, symlink, windows-7
Solution
The correct usage is:
MKLINK [options] {link} {target}
You're creating a link, so the `link` is the new link you're about to create. And the `target` is the link's target, which is the existing directory.
Problem
I'm trying to create a symbolic link between two directories. I have a directory called TestDocs and TestDocs2. I will be doing all my work in TestDocs, but I need it all to be reflected in TestDocs2. So all files that are in TestDocs2 will be replicated in TestDocs, and if I add a file, change a file, etc in TestDocs it should be reflected in TestDocs2. So I thought it would be as simple as just doing this: ``` mklink /D TestDocs TestDocs2 ``` But when I do that I get the error: Cannot create a file when that file already exists Why am I getting this? Also, do I have the order of my TestDocs and TestDocs2 wrong in the command? Thanks for the help, Symbolic Links have always confused me!