On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 07:56:28AM +0200, Steve Crane wrote:
>> ln -s <source> <target>
>>
>> the '-s' option creates a symbolic link instead of a hard link.
>
> I've often wondered just what is meant by 'symbolic link' and 'hard
> link'. The man page for ln mentions, but doesn't explain them. Can
> someone explain the difference or point me to some docs that do explain
> the difference.
Without being technical:
A hard link can't be seen different from the orginal file. They point to
the same data. If File A is deleted, File B still points to the data.
File A --> data <-- File B
A soft link points to the original entry. If File A is deleted, the link
from File B is broken.
File B --> File A --> data.
I hope this makes it a little bit clearer.
Cees.
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