Interesting. Obviously a bad example for that strain of Linux, but still a valid example for mainstream unix.
In unix when the links count for a file is greater than value 1 this signifies a hard link. Possible to try some likely directories (like /bin) and sort by links count to see if there are any:
Hi all!
I'd like to know the differences between hard links and soft links. I've already read the ln manpage, but i'm not quite sure of what i understood.
Does a hard link sort of copy the file to a new name, give it the same inode number and same rights?
What exactly should I do to do this:... (3 Replies)
Someone asked me a question today about the difference between a hard link and a soft link. That got me thinking and maybe someone can answer.
Why would I ever use a hard link if I can use a soft link instead? (2 Replies)
hello folks
how y'all doin
well i have some questions about symbolic link and hard link
hope some one answer me
i open terminal and join as root
and i wrote ln -s blah blah
then i wrote ls
i see red file called blah blah
but didn't understand what is this can some one explain and... (2 Replies)
Hello,
In unix, the normal user can't create a hardlink for a directory. why..?
Is there any difference between creating a hard link for a file and directory?
The super user can create a hard link for directories.
Why we cannot create and super user can create.?
Please, can anyone help... (1 Reply)
Hi
PLease let me know the usage of Hard Link vs Soft Link
i.e what is the basic difference and what happens when one file is changed or deleted in both the cases???
thanks (3 Replies)
Hi Experts,
Please help me out to find out difference between a hard link and a soft link.
I am new in unix plz help me with some example commands ( for creating such links).
Regards
S.Kamakshi :) (2 Replies)
Is it possible to Hard link a directory? Some people on google say it is possible and some say it is not possible. I haven't seen a working solution though. (3 Replies)
I created a file named as file and a its hard link named as hlink.
Problem is that when I delete the file , it gets deleted without notifying that hardlink exists.
But as far as I think we cannot delete the file unless we delete all the hard links pointing to it.
Is there anything worng... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
dcheck
dcheck(8) System Manager's Manual dcheck(8)Name
dcheck - check directory consistency
Syntax
/etc/dcheck [ -i numbers ] [ filesystem ]
Description
The command is obsoleted for normal consistency checking by
The command reads the directories in a file system and compares the link-count in each i-node with the number of directory entries by which
it is referenced. If the file system is not specified, a set of default file systems is checked.
The -i flag is followed by a list of i-numbers; when one of those i-numbers turns up in a directory, the number, the i-number of the direc-
tory, and the name of the entry are reported.
The program is fastest if the raw version of the special file is used, since the i-list is read in large chunks.
Diagnostics
When a file turns up for which the link-count and the number of directory entries disagree, the relevant facts are reported. Allocated
files which have 0 link-count and no entries are also listed. The only dangerous situation occurs when there are more entries than links.
If entries are removed, so the link-count drops to 0, the remaining entries point to nothing. They should be removed. When there are more
links than entries, or there is an allocated file with neither links nor entries, some disk space may be lost but the situation will not
degenerate.
Restrictions
Since is inherently two-pass in nature, extraneous diagnostics may be produced if applied to active file systems.
Files
Default file systems vary with installation.
See Alsofs(5), clri(8), fsck(8), icheck(8), ncheck(8)dcheck(8)