How to create hardlinks and softlinks on files?
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Answer / vijayta
ln command is used to create links in Unix
For HardLinks:-
ln <source> <name oflink>
For SoftLink:-
ln -s <source> <linkname>
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Answer / manish
softlink creates another inode in the filesystem but hard
link just increases the reference count of the existing
inode
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