- One can create a symbolic or soft link to a file that does not exist, the same is not possible in hard link.
- Soft or symbolic links identify the file they point to but with the hard links, there is no easy way to determine which files are linked to the same inode.
- you can hard link file only when they are on the same file system, soft or symbolic link do not have this restrictions, that is hard link can not span across file system wheres soft links can span across file systems.
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Friday, January 2, 2015
Difference Between Soft and Hard Links
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