title: Create a symbolic link of directory in Ubuntu
body: <p>Below is my code for creating a symlink of a directory:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo ln -s /usr/local/nginx/conf/ /etc/nginx
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I already created the directory <code>/etc/nginx</code>.  I just want the contents of the source directory (<code>/usr/local/nginx/conf/</code>) to be in the contents of the target directory (<code>/etc/nginx</code>). But when I execute the code, <code>/etc/nginx</code> contains a directory called <code>conf</code>, instead of the contents of <code>conf</code>. That directory contains the contents I want, but in the wrong location.</p>
  
  <p>Why did it put a directory in the target folder, instead of just putting the contents of the directory in the target folder?</p>