104.6 Create and Change Hard and Symbolic Links Flashcards

1
Q

link

shortcut to another file

A

symbolic link

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2
Q

symbolic link

small file

A

containing its own inode and path to original file

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3
Q

symbolic link

can span filesystems and drives because it has independency inode

A

remote or local

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4
Q

symbolic link

permissions cannot be modified

A

attempted changes wont work on original

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5
Q

symbolic link

removing one (soft link) only removes the small link file and associated inode

A

does not affect the original

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6
Q

symbolic link

removing the original file does NOT remove the link but the the link

A

orphaned

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7
Q

link

adding an additional name to a file or directory that actually points to the ORIGINAL file or directories inode - same data on disk

A

hard link

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8
Q

hard link

deleting any ONE of existing hard links just deletes the references to the inode as long as any other hard link exists the data on the inode remains

A

or the original

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9
Q

hard link

as a result of each hard link sharing the same inode

A

can NOT span across filesystems or disks

local or remote

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10
Q

hard link

completely deleting a file with hard links requires ALL hard links to be

A

removed

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11
Q

hard link

useful in making very important files

A

permanent

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12
Q

hard link

filename and locations are NOT stored in an

A

inode

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13
Q

link

command creates hard or symbolic links

A

ln

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14
Q

ln

creates symbolic link

A

ln -s

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15
Q

ls

can be used to fine all links for a file

A

ls -i [filename]

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