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Hard Link Example

Lets assume that the current working directory is /home/john. We wish to create a link 'hardfile2' within the sub-directory projects from the file 'hardfile'.

% date > hardfile  ( create the file )

% ls -l 
-rwx-xr-x  1 john users 605 Nov 18 12:25 hardfile

% ln hardfile project/hardfile2

% ls -l projects/hardfile2
-rwx-xr-x  2 john users 605 Nov 18 12:25 hardfile

The file 'hardfile' and its like 'hardfile2' are indistinguishable, if 'hardfile' is updated then 'hardfile2' is updated. Notice the link number has increased to 2. This would occur in both listings.


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