Amit Saha • 11/9/2018

Hard Links and Soft/Symbolic Links on Linux

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This technical article provides a clear, hands-on explanation of hard links and soft (symbolic) links in Linux. It demonstrates their creation, compares how they are represented in the filesystem via inodes and link counts, and discusses key differences in behavior and file size.

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