Also, all directories are having 2 hard link counts. I checked with the command
I create a new directory with mkdir and see 2 link counts and when I search with inode number, I find only 1 directory file.
For regular files, the link count is fine.
That is the expected result of creating a new directory. Two entries, '.' for the directory itself, and '..' for its parent, are created.
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)
Hi,
Is it possible to have a hard link across partitions....
I need to take a data from one partition and write to to another partitions..If any modification of file done in Partition 1 ,it should be immediately reflected in partition2..I came to know hard link might work.... Is there... (1 Reply)
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)
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)
How can I create a hard link to a file, then rename the hard link to a different name? (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
dcheck
dcheck(8) System Manager's Manual dcheck(8)NAME
dcheck - Checks directory consistency
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/dcheck [-i inumbers] [filesystem]
OPTIONS
The -i option is specified with a list of inumbers. If a specified inumber is found in a directory, the dcheck command displays the inum-
ber, the inumber of the directory, and the name of the entry.
DESCRIPTION
The fsck command supersedes the dcheck command for normal consistency checking.
The dcheck command reads the directories in a file system and compares the link-count in each inode with the number of directory entries by
which it is referenced. If a file system is not specified, a set of default file systems is checked.
To get optimum performance, specify the raw version of the special file because the ilist is read in large chunks.
RESTRICTIONS
Because the dcheck command uses two passes to check directories, it may produce erroneous diagnostics if active file systems are checked.
ERRORS
If a file is found and the link-count and the number of directory entries do not agree, dcheck reports relevant information. Allocated
files that have 0 link-count and no entries are also listed. A potentially dangerous situation occurs if there are more entries than links.
If entries are removed and the link-count drops to zero (0), the remaining entries point to nothing should be removed. If there are more
links than entries or if there is an allocated file with neither links nor entries, some disk space may be lost.
SEE ALSO
Commands: clri(8), fsck(8), icheck(8), ncheck(8)
Files: fs(4)dcheck(8)