databrickssymlinkln

Creating symbolic link in a Databricks FileStore's folder

I would like to create a symbolic link like in linux env with the command : ln -s. Unfortunately I can't find anything similar to do in a Databricks FileStore. And it seems that ln operation is not a member of dbutils.

Is there a way to do this maybe differently?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Solution

  • FileStore is located on DBFS (Databricks File System) that is baked either by S3, or ADLS that don't have a notion of symlink. You have a choice - either rename file, or copy it, or modify your code to generate correct file name from an alias.