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title: "links"
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tags: [ "Documentation", "Basics" ]
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2020-01-02 00:04:35 +00:00
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Link from X to Y.
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> ln -s X ../otherdir/Y
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If you want a hard link, this will make a single file exist in two locations.
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If it is deleted in one location, it continues to exist in the other.
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> ln *X* *Y*
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Both files must be on the same hard drive, as they have the same inode (check this with `ls -i file`).
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