Create and change hard and symbolic links

Question 1

What is mean’t by file type code l?

Answer 1

symbolic link

Question 2

What command will create a link to a file?

Answer 2

ln

Question 3

What command will make a smybolic link to a file?

Answer 3

ln -s –symbolic

Question 4

What column in list shows the number of links to a file?

Answer 4

second

Question 5

How would you find hardlinks to a file?

Answer 5

find dir_to_search -samefile path_to_file

Question 6

How would you find softlinks to a file?

Answer 6

find dir_to_search -lname file_name

Question 7

How to find hardlinks to a file with the inode number?

Answer 7

find dir_to_search -inum inode_number

Question 8

What are three reasons links are often used in system administration?

Answer 8

1. Commands can remain the same but the underlying version can change.
2. Mulitple commands might use the same code.
3. Library links can reamin the same but the underlying version can change.