Symbolic linking

[avoura]

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but how do I create a symbolic link to a directory?

I was able to do it okay in Xandros Linux, but I cannot find the option in Sabayon. i.e. in Xandros, in its File Manager, I just right clicked a file or directory and clicked on Create Symbolic Link. But using Konqueror in Sabayon, this is not available.

I know there is a way to do it, but I don't know it from the command line or any other way.

[Eden]

ln -s <file you want to link> <location of link>

[avoura]

I tried the following

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ln -s /home/avoura/Pictures "/media/picsvids/My Pictures"

but it did not work.

I want to put a link in my home directory (avoura) pointing to a directory containing pictures called My Pictures on a partition mounted as picsvids on /media

So am I doing it wrong?

[avoura]

It is okay now, I figured it out, I had the things the wrong way round.
It should be
ln -s [location of file or folder to be linked to] [name of link]

[avoura]

However, I cannot figure out how to link to a network drive. I have a NAS with 2 hard disks and want to link to both of these drives in my home directory.
How do I do that?