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Old 01-20-2011
MySQL How to identify a link whether it is a Hardlink or Softlink
i am new to UNIX environment

please tell me how to identify a link whether it is a Hardlink or Softlink ?


what is the command?

thank you all .......SmilieSmilie
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Old 01-21-2011
Code:
$ touch abc

$ ln -s abc soft_abc    # create soft link

$ ln abc hard_abc       # create hard link

$ ls -l abc
-rw-r--r-- 2 root None 0 2011-01-21 16:23 abc

$ ls -l soft_abc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root None 3 2011-01-21 16:23 soft_abc -> abc

$ ls -l hard_abc
-rw-r--r-- 2 root None 0 2011-01-21 16:23 hard_abc

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Old 01-21-2011
hardlink and softlink are quite different in nature.

soft link is a type of disk file
hard link is a file attribute as an indication on how many directory entries ( mostly means file names ) are referencing to this file
 
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