Thursday, January 9, 2020

HARD LINK vs SOFT (SYM) LINK


[root@odax52iscdb01 skel]# ls -li abc
1474565 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 14 12:25 abc                  <<<<<< inode number (first) and hard link count (1)

[root@odax52iscdb01 skel]# ln abc def              <<<<<< hard link

[root@odax52iscdb01 skel]# ls -li abc def
1474565 -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Nov 14 12:25 abc                      <<<<
1474565 -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Nov 14 12:25 def                       <<<< same inode number, hard link count (2)


[root@odax52iscdb01 skel]# ln -s abc ghi          <<<< soft link

[root@odax52iscdb01 skel]# ls -li abc def ghi
1474565 -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Nov 14 12:25 abc
1474565 -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Nov 14 12:25 def
1474572 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Nov 14 12:28 ghi -> abc                    <<<<<<< different inode

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