Link Files
Links allow more than one file name to refer to the same file, elsewhere.
There are two types of links, both of which are created by ln:
- symbolic links, which refer to a symbolic path indicating the abstract location of another file, and
- hard links, which refer to the specific location of physical data.
These links behave differently when the source of the link (what is being linked to) is moved or removed. Symbolic links are not updated (they merely contain a string which is the pathname of its target); hard links always refer to the source, even if moved or removed.
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