Creating links to files and directories

You may need to make a file accessible from more than one directory, and by more than one user, but still keep it as a single file. This is often the case when you need to share the data in a file with your colleagues. To prevent different versions of the file from proliferating, only one copy of the file exists, but links are created that allow you and your colleagues to access the file from your home directories or another convenient location. (Note that there is the danger of a file becoming corrupted if more than one person tries to edit it at the same time.)