104.6 Create and change hard and symbolic links

Question 1

What is the type of link that will only work on the FS of the originating file?

Answer 1

A hard link

Question 2

What is the type of link that can traverse different file systems?

Answer 2

A symbolic/soft link

Question 3

What is a link, basically?

Answer 3

It is a shortcut to a directory or a file.

Question 4

What is the command to create a hard link to a file or a directory?

Answer 4

ln

Question 5

What is the command to create a symbolic or soft link to a file or a directory?

Answer 5

ln -s

Question 6

From the output of #ls -l , how can you tell a file is a link?

Answer 6

You will see an L at the beginning of the listing for that file in the file descriptor field.

Question 7

What happens if you edit the original file or the symbolic linked file?

Answer 7

They both carry over the change.

Question 8

What happens to a soft linked file if you move the original file from its location?

Answer 8

The soft symbolic link gets broken.