# Symlink etc

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlink-etc/118409>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 26, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlink-etc/118409 "2007-10-26T17:48:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![cyrille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@cyrille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyrille)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlink-etc/118409/1 "2007-10-26T17:48:31Z")

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I’m really new to Ruby so have patientce. I got this instruction from my  
web host:  
“Put application catalog outside public\_html and then create a symlink  
from myapp/public catalog to public\_html/myapp so it will be accessible  
via [http://www.mydomain.com/myapp](http://www.mydomain.com/myapp)”.

So I create a catalog parallel to pubic\_html? But how to create a  
symlink. Is this a good instruction:

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Is myapp/public the suggested shortcut?