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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers this is a very dumb question...i know... :( Post 302289126 by cjcox on Wednesday 18th of February 2009 08:12:13 PM
Old 02-18-2009
hard link count

That is, the number of references within the filesystem to the same file.

In unix when the hard link count reaches 0, the space is available (effectively, the file is truly gone).

You can better see this relationship of links (inode references) by adding -i to your ls command. Have some fun exploring. Use ln to create some arbitrary hard links and then do some removes and examine overall space... have fun!
 

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NWDIR(1)							       nwdir								  NWDIR(1)

NAME
nwdir - Lists files in directory SYNOPSIS
nwdir [-h] [-v] [-l] [-t] [-d] [-e] [-f] [directory] DESCRIPTION
nwdir lists files, directories and their attributes from the specified NetWare directory. OPTIONS
-h -h is used to print out a short help text. -d List directories like other files, rather than listing their contents. -l Show filename in all available namespaces. -v Verbose listing, display everything possible. -e Display OS/2 Extended Attributes. -f List connections using each file. -t Show all informations (rights, attributes, file inodes) also as hexadecimal numbers. directory You can specify the directory to list. Current working directory is used by default. You have to specify path in Linux format, not in NetWare format. EXAMPLES
nwdir -t -v /NetWare/server/sys With this example, all files from directory /NetWare/server/sys are displayed. AUTHORS
nwdir was written by Milan Vandrovec. See the Changes file of ncpfs for other contributors. BUGS
Directory quotas are not displayed. User names are not taken from NDS, but only from bindery. nwdir 4/2/1998 NWDIR(1)
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