Hard link:
– Hard link is the mirror copy of original file
– Same inode number for both Hard link and the original file
– Even if you delete any of the file, noting will happen to other file
– Hard link is not allowed for directory
– UNIX or Linux does not allow creating hard links across file system boundaries. Follow the URL to know more.
Soft Link:
– Soft link is the symbolic link(just like shortcut in windows) for original file
– Different inode number for soft link and original file
– If you delete the original file, the soft link fails.
– If you delete the soft link file, nothing happen to original file
– Soft link is allowed for directory
If you edit the original file, the same will reflect to both hardlink and softlink files.
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