Symlink Creator

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by Tobias Heidler

Create symlinks to files and folders inside and outside of your vault.

★ 13 stars↓ 1,109 downloadsUpdated 1y agoMIT
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Symlink Creator

A Community Plugin for Obsidian.md to add symlinks and junctions to your vault.

Disclaimer

Please note that this Plugin is in early development and may not work as expected. Furthermore, creating symlinks and junctions can be dangerous and may lead to data loss. Please use this Plugin with caution.

This plugin only works in Desktop mode, thus mobile users are not supported!

Features

  • Create symlinks to folders within & outside of your vault
    • Utilizes ln -s to create symlinks on Linux and MacOS
    • Utilizes mklink /D to create symlinks on Windows across different drives, requires admin privileges
    • Utilizes mklink /J to create junctions on Windows, requires no admin privileges
  • Create symlinks to files within & outside of your vault
    • Utilizes ln -s to create symlinks on Linux and MacOS
    • Utilizes mklink to create symlinks on Windows, requires admin privileges

Available Commands

  • Creates a symlink to a file: Creates a symlink to a file
  • Creates a symlink to a folder: Creates a symlink to a folder

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