lk/basics/links.md

---
title: "links"
tags: [ "Documentation", "Basics" ]
---
Link from X to Y.

```bash
ln -s X ../otherdir/Y
```

If you want a hard link, this will make a single file exist in two locations.
If it is deleted in one location, it continues to exist in the other.

```bash
ln *X* *Y*
```

Both files must be on the same hard drive, as they have the same inode (check this with `ls -i file`).
add headers to lk 2022-01-16 18:20:39 +00:00			`---`
			`title: "links"`
general review 2022-01-26 21:29:48 +00:00			`tags: [ "Documentation", "Basics" ]`
add headers to lk 2022-01-16 18:20:39 +00:00			`---`
initial commit 2020-01-02 00:04:35 +00:00			`Link from X to Y.`

change formatting input examples are now given as ```bash input $ARG1 ``` While outputs use md's '> ' sign as a quote. 2023-06-17 19:28:20 +00:00			```bash
			`ln -s X ../otherdir/Y`
			```
initial commit 2020-01-02 00:04:35 +00:00
general review 2022-01-26 21:29:48 +00:00			`If you want a hard link, this will make a single file exist in two locations.`
			`If it is deleted in one location, it continues to exist in the other.`
initial commit 2020-01-02 00:04:35 +00:00
change formatting input examples are now given as ```bash input $ARG1 ``` While outputs use md's '> ' sign as a quote. 2023-06-17 19:28:20 +00:00			```bash
			`ln X Y`
			```
general review 2022-01-26 21:29:48 +00:00
			Both files must be on the same hard drive, as they have the same inode (check this with `ls -i file`).
initial commit 2020-01-02 00:04:35 +00:00