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Can Symbolic Links span different file systems in Unix or Linux ??? I.e consider different file systems like ext2 and ext3 can symbolic link span them?

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A symbolic link just stores a path. It can store any string that's made of valid path characters; whether or not your filesystems understand the result is a different matter. –  HalosGhost Mar 29 at 0:51

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I think your confusing mount points and filesystem semantics.

The answer is yes though.

Symbolism has nothing to do with file systems or mount points.

See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

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Sure can, unless target/source filesystem do support soft links.

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