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21. How do I work with files & directories in File Manager?

 

We provide you with a File Manager that allows you to manage the directories and files on your domain. You can create, rename, and remove directories and files, copy or move files to another directory, upload Web pages to a Web site, and upload files for FTP transfers.

From the File Manager, you can:

• Work with your directories


• Work with your files

About Symbolic link directories and files

We provide you with two kinds of directories and files - actual ones and shortcut links to actual directories and files, called Symbolic links.

• Actual directories and files are represented with
  and .
  
  


• Symbolic link directories and files are represented with
  and .

You can only add Symbolic link directories and files if you have Telnet or SSH access to the domain; otherwise, you can only work with existing Symbolic link directories and files.

You can work with Symbolic link directories and files just like you would work with actual directories and files, for example you can open, rename, or move them.

Because Symbolic link directories and files are shortcuts to existing actual directories or files, the following considerations apply:

• When you move or delete a directory or file to which a Symbolic link directory or file refers, you will break the link. Broken link directories and files are represented with and .
  


• When you delete a Symbolic link directory or file, you only remove the shortcut link. The data in the actual file to which the Symbolic link directory or file refers remains intact. To remove the data, you must delete the actual directory or file.

- Updated: April 3, 2002

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