Soft and Hard Links

Linux supports two types of file links. Hard links share the same inode and data as the original file - if the original is deleted, data remains accessible. Soft links (symbolic links) are shortcuts pointing to the original file path - they break if the original is removed. Create with ln for hard links and ln -s for soft links.

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