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Describe a link in UNIX.

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Link is used to assigning more than one name to a file. It is like a pointer to a file and one file can have MULTIPLE pointers. There are two types of link

  • Hard link- These hard-linked files are assigned to the same inode VALUE as the original and THUS reference the same physical location of the file. Also if the file is MOVED to a different directory the link will still WORK

ln  [original filename] [link name]

  • Symbolic link- A soft link is similar to the file shortcut feature and it contains a separate inode than the original one. If the original file is moved then the link might not work, but it can reference across the different file systems.

ln  -s [original filename] [link name]


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