The entry /: is created and set up as a soft link to the /.:/fs entry, which is the DFS database junction. The name /: is equivalent to /.:/fs. Note, however, that the name /: is well-known, whereas the name /.:/fs is not, so using /: makes an application more portable. A CDS soft link entry is an alias to some other CDS entry. A soft link is created through the cdscp command. The procedure is described in the OSF DCE Administration Guide.