topic symbolic links & shortcuts in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/symbolic-links-shortcuts/m-p/211978#M165108 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It is a well known issue in database design&nbsp; that duplicating files eventually leads to disaster ….loss of version control etc. But complex filing system 'invite' users to duplicate to ease access and complex work flows require access to multiple&nbsp; often 'apparently unrelated' documents. In Mac os x one can use symbolic links or in windows shortcuts to a file to create a link to a single document in many different places. This allows any file or folder to include all relevant documents without implying duplicating any document from its original location.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there any way one can create a symbolic link or short cut to a document in Alfresco?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>(If not this really should be a priority as it is fundamental to long term integrity of a filing system).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dapo</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:48:39 GMT napata 2009-09-05T08:48:39Z symbolic links & shortcuts https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/symbolic-links-shortcuts/m-p/211978#M165108 It is a well known issue in database design&nbsp; that duplicating files eventually leads to disaster ….loss of version control etc. But complex filing system 'invite' users to duplicate to ease access and complex work flows require access to multiple&nbsp; often 'apparently unrelated' documents. In Mac os x Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:48:39 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/symbolic-links-shortcuts/m-p/211978#M165108 napata 2009-09-05T08:48:39Z Re: symbolic links & shortcuts https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/symbolic-links-shortcuts/m-p/211979#M165109 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes alfresco supports "associations" between documents.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:40:36 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/symbolic-links-shortcuts/m-p/211979#M165109 mrogers 2009-09-05T09:40:36Z Re: symbolic links & shortcuts https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/symbolic-links-shortcuts/m-p/211980#M165110 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>thanks. Can you kindly point me to the basic documentation …searching wiki has got me some unhelpful deeply technical hits… <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>thanks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Napata</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:21:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/symbolic-links-shortcuts/m-p/211980#M165110 napata 2009-09-05T10:21:43Z