How to create symlink from public/storage to storage/app/public in laravel?

Question

I have no idea on how to create symbolic link or symlink.

I am working on File system in laravel 5.2.

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Answer 1

On Shared Server, where one doesn't have ssh access to run php artisan storage:link this helps me run that from a controller, the if block code section can also be placed in a Service Provider as well as suggested by @shìpu-ahamed

public function displayForm()
{

        if(!file_exists(public_path('storage'))) {
           \App::make('files')->link(storage_path('app/public'), public_path('storage'));
    }
        return view('admin.index');
}