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Examples
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You've appended the word ` ` change '' to secondlink.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Confirms the contents of firstlink. ln firstlink secondlink
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Creates a hard link: secondlink now points to the same inode as firstlink. cat secondlink
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Confirms that secondlink is the same as firstlink. ls - l
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Also notice that the number of hard links for secondlink has been reduced to one. rm secondlink
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Enter the command ls - l to confirm that permissions on secondlink were also changed.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Confirm this with cat secondlink. cat firstlink firstlink also has the word ` ` change '' appended!
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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That's because firstlink and secondlink refer to the same file.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Now type ls - l and notice that secondlink is still there.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Notice that the number of hard links listed for firstlink and secondlinkfiles! inodes is 2. echo "change" > > secondlink
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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