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Operating Systems Solaris Difference between hard link and copy command Post 302376443 by pupp on Tuesday 1st of December 2009 11:14:29 AM
Old 12-01-2009
if you change the content for both the original file or the hardlink, the content is changed in the original file (thus changed in the hardlink). if you change the content in a copied file, the original file doesn't change its content. just the file you decided to edit.

Code:
-bash-3.00# echo test >> orig.file
-bash-3.00# cat orig.file

test
-bash-3.00# ln orig.file hardlink.file
-bash-3.00# cat orig.file

test
-bash-3.00# cat hardlink.file

test

both files have same content

Code:
-bash-3.00# echo hard test >> hardlink.file
-bash-3.00# cat hardlink.file

test
hard test
-bash-3.00# cat orig.file

test
hard test

edit hardlink.file and all content changes

Code:
-bash-3.00# cp orig.file copied.file
-bash-3.00# cat copied.file

test
hard test
-bash-3.00# echo copy test >> copied.file
-bash-3.00# cat copied.file

test
hard test
copy test
-bash-3.00# cat orig.file

test
hard test
-bash-3.00# cat hardlink.file

test
hard test

change to copied file doesn't show same with original file but hardlink and orig file show same content.

Last edited by pupp; 12-01-2009 at 12:18 PM.. Reason: added code
 

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