09-28-2002
I know in AIX 4.3.3
1)When you create a link in the same file-system (Hard link)
both the parent-file and linked file use the same i-node
You can think of a file as some space occupier on the Hard-disk
Now you have two links to that space.When you remove either
one of them one link is gone,The other is not affected
2) Since hard link uses same inode ,it's not possible across file-systems.that's why soft link
when you remove parent file all the linked files are of no use
They just show in ls
Hope this clears some doubts you are having
Cheers
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