title: linux copy symbolic link
body: <p>How do I copy a symbolic link from one directory to another?</p>
  
  <pre><code>ls -ls
  
  file1.txt
  file2.txt
  files -&gt; /mnt/iscsi-nfs-share/faulttracker-files
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>what I'm looking to do is copy files symbolic link into another directory?</p>
  
  <pre><code>cp files /var/copylinktohere/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the above results in
  cp: omitting directory `files' </p>