Linux: Creating a symbolic link

I am trying to create a link to my site directory instead of typing the whole path every time I transfer my files. This is what I've found. Symbolic link is indeed very useful!

the simple syntax is

         ln -s [target directory or file] [symlink shortcut]


But in case you want to forcibly replace an existing symbolic link, you can use

ln -sfn /new/target /path/to/symlink


Explanations can be found here