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# init(symbolicLinkWithDestination:)

Initializes the receiver as a symbolic-link file wrapper.

```
convenience init(symbolicLinkWithDestination path: String)
```

## Parameters

`path`

Pathname the receiver is to represent.

## Return Value

Initialized symbolic-link file wrapper referencing `node`.

## Discussion

The receiver is not associated to a file-system node until you save it using [`write(toFile:atomically:updateFilenames:)`](/documentation/Foundation/FileWrapper/write(toFile:atomically:updateFilenames:)). It’s also initialized with open permissions; anyone can read or write the disk representations it saves.

### Special Considerations

Beginning with OS X v10.6, the preferred method of referring to files is with a `file://` URL. Therefore, this method has been deprecated in favor of [`init(symbolicLinkWithDestinationURL:)`](/documentation/Foundation/FileWrapper/init(symbolicLinkWithDestinationURL:)).

## See Also

[`preferredFilename`](/documentation/Foundation/FileWrapper/preferredFilename)

The preferred filename for the file wrapper object.

[`filename`](/documentation/Foundation/FileWrapper/filename)

The filename of the file wrapper object

[`fileAttributes`](/documentation/Foundation/FileWrapper/fileAttributes)

A dictionary of file attributes.


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