@node File Aliases
@section File Name Aliases
+@cindex symbolic links (visiting)
+@cindex hard links (visiting)
Symbolic links and hard links both make it possible for several file
names to refer to the same file. Hard links are alternate names that
the old contents of the file @var{new}.
@findex make-symbolic-link
+@cindex symbolic links (creation)
@kbd{M-x make-symbolic-link} reads two file names @var{target} and
@var{linkname}, then creates a symbolic link named @var{linkname}, which
points at @var{target}. The effect is that future attempts to open file