Create symbolic links on server without SSH available?

ftp ssh symlink
nero picture nero · Apr 8, 2011 · Viewed 40.9k times · Source

I got excited when I saw the following post but it doesn't cover my case: Mount an FTP server locally

Is there any way for me to create symbolic links on a remote server without having SSH access, possibly via some FTP hack?

Answer

KPM picture KPM · Jun 15, 2012

Use a script.

If you have sh, bash or csh available, then you're nearly as good as if you had an ssh access. If you don't, then most other scripting languages allow you to create symbolic links on your server.

For example, in PHP you would use the symlink() function:

 symlink("myOriginalFileOrDirectory", "mySymbolicLink");

I just had the same problem, and this is how I easily solved it :)

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