[TriLUG] fslint

[Alan Porter]

> my question is why use hardlinks versus symlinks?
>   

If you used symlinks, which one would be the "master" file
and which would be the "link" files? What if you moved the
master file to a different location? All of your links would
break.

If you use hard links, each file is viable in its own right, and
it does not necessarily point to a "master" file. You could
remove any of the linked files without affecting the others.
Of course, when the last link is removed, the disk space is
deallocated.

Alan




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