Symbolic links to root in Monterey

I use /etc/synthetic.conf to create symbolic links to my root directory in OS X Catalina. Is this capability preserved in Monterey? Or is there a different method? I need to know before I upgrade.

Answered by mikeyh in 708674022

My symbolic links still work in Monterey. eg

cat /etc/synthetic.conf
srv	System/Volumes/Data/srv

Remember to use tabs.

man synthetic.conf
synthetic.conf specifies a single synthetic entity per line. Each line may have one or two columns, separated by a tab character. If a line has a single column, it denotes a virtual empty directory to be created at /. If a line has two columns, it denotes a symbolic link at / whose link target is given in the second column.

Big Sur thread: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/670391

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My symbolic links still work in Monterey. eg

cat /etc/synthetic.conf
srv	System/Volumes/Data/srv

Remember to use tabs.

man synthetic.conf
synthetic.conf specifies a single synthetic entity per line. Each line may have one or two columns, separated by a tab character. If a line has a single column, it denotes a virtual empty directory to be created at /. If a line has two columns, it denotes a symbolic link at / whose link target is given in the second column.

Big Sur thread: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/670391

Symbolic links to root in Monterey
 
 
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