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When would creating a hard link be useful?

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Mar 15, 202611126 views
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There are basically two main limitations with hard links: Hard links normally require that the link and the file reside in the same file system. Only the superuser can create a hard link to a directory. Thus, symbolic links were introduced to get around the limitations of hard links. So, the questi…

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Hardlinks help us organize our file system in a much more flexible way. Basically, hardlinks allow us to take one file and have it be in multiple places in the filesystem at once. Think about a scenario where you are a photographer and have lots of …

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