[OT] Hardlinks and directories

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Suvayu Ali wrote:

> So my question is how are hardlinks so different from softlinks?


back in 70's when i first started with unix, linking took several times of
rereading of manual before i really understood what and why.

have a look at these 2 links and see if it clears up for you.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_link


hth.


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