Symlinks

###Symlinks###

Features:

1. Provides shortcuts to files (including directories)

2. Provides hard links to inode (file system) locations

Soft Links:

1. ln -s source_file target

a. ln -s ./regextest.pl lastscript.pl

Note: Soft links may span multiple file systems/hard drives

Note: Symlink count is NOT increased when using soft links

2. ln -s /home/linuxcbt/testRH5/regextest.pl . - this will symlink (soft) to the

/boot file system

Note: With soft links, if you change the name or location of the source file, you

will break ALL of the symlinks (soft)

Hard Links:

Features:

1. The ability to reference the same inode/hard drive location from multiple

places within the same file system

a. ln source target

ln regextest.pl ./testhardregextest.pl - creates a hard link