Create Soft Link

Tags: thunar custom action, zenity, symbolic link

November 11, 2015

To learn how to use Thunar Custom Actions click here.

Create a soft link to a folder or file. This is the same as a symbolic link, but the command is somewhat different from the SymLink custom action that comes default with Thunar.

Name: Create Soft Link
Description: Create a soft link to a folder or file
Command:

ln -s %f $(zenity --file-selection --directory)

Under Appears if selection contains make sure everything is checked.