I can create a symbolic link on Linux with ln -s [absolute_path_to_target] [absolute_path_to_new_link]..
The second argument, [absolute_path_to_new_link] is optional.
Example 1:
ln -s /etc /home/miku86/my-custom-link
I get a link to /etc at the location /home/miku86/my-custom-link.
Example 2:
ln -s /etc
I get a link to /etc at the current location with the name of the target, etc.