Can /etc/system/static files be symlinked?

[uuppuluri_splun]

Getting an error from Splunk CLI when the static files are symlinked

In make_simple_rest_call_online(): HTTP request response_code=404
Online REST call to /static/splunkrc_cmds.xml returned -1
Not Found

[uuppuluri_splun · Accepted solution]

No. One can not symlink every file under $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/static which generates the error above.
Replacing symlinked files with actual files should resolve the problem. Alternately one could symlink the static folder instead of each file.