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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Differentiate Soft and Hard Link Post 302126114 by balu_solaris on Tuesday 10th of July 2007 05:51:34 AM
Old 07-10-2007
Differentiate Soft and Hard Link

Hi,

Can somebody please help me in knowing the difference between soft (Symbolic) link and hard link.
Please explain it in as simple terms as possible.

Kris
 

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WWW::Mechanize::Link(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 WWW::Mechanize::Link(3pm)

NAME
WWW::Mechanize::Link - Link object for WWW::Mechanize SYNOPSIS
Link object to encapsulate all the stuff that Mech needs but nobody wants to deal with as an array. Constructor new() my $link = WWW::Mechanize::Link->new( { url => $url, text => $text, name => $name, tag => $tag, base => $base, attr => $attr_href, } ); For compatibility, this older interface is also supported: new( $url, $text, $name, $tag, $base, $attr_href ) Creates and returns a new "WWW::Mechanize::Link" object. Accessors $link->url() URL from the link $link->text() Text of the link $link->name() NAME attribute from the source tag, if any. $link->tag() Tag name (one of: "a", "area", "frame", "iframe" or "meta"). $link->base() Base URL to which the links are relative. $link->attrs() Returns hash ref of all the attributes and attribute values in the tag. $link->URI() Returns the URL as a URI::URL object. $link->url_abs() Returns a URI::URL object for the absolute form of the string. SEE ALSO
WWW::Mechanize and WWW::Mechanize::Image COPYRIGHT &; LICENSE Copyright 2004-2010 Andy Lester. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: o the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or o the Artistic License version 2.0. perl v5.14.2 2011-08-05 WWW::Mechanize::Link(3pm)
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