Create Symbolic Links -

You want your Documents folder to actually be stored on a secondary drive (D:).

You have a project requiring a specific directory structure, but your assets are in a shared folder elsewhere. You can symlink the assets folder into your project directory without duplicating files. create symbolic links

Linking a config file stored in Dropbox to your Applications folder. You want your Documents folder to actually be

ln -s [target] [link_name]