On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Keith Robinson wrote:
>
> was the other directory on the same fs/partition as / ? if so, I
> don't think copying actually writes a new file but simply adds a
> new link, or increases the link count by one.
>
> so, here is a real basic question maybe a lot of newbies have: what
> really happens when we copy a file in linux within the same
> partition?
>
It's *COPIED*.
It is ONLY linked if you use "ln", the program for Linking.
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