# Symlinks in Capistrano?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlinks-in-capistrano/58737>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 25, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlinks-in-capistrano/58737 "2006-04-25T13:29:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josh\_on\_Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Josh\_on\_Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Josh_on_Rails)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symlinks-in-capistrano/58737/1 "2006-04-25T13:29:02Z")

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I have a few projects with large directories (say, user-uploaded files)  
that  
make using Capistrano a bit awkward. However, I suspect that I may have  
reached the “write a custom task” level.

(I suppose I’m just thinking out loud, here…)

It seems as though I’d want this directories symlinked in /shared…  
Maybe  
there’s a way to extend the ‘symlink’ task to do this… ?