Soft links
- Pointers to programs, files, or directories located elsewhere.
- If the original program, file, or directory is renamed, moved, or deleted, the soft link is broken.
- If you type ls -F you can see which files are soft links because they end with @
- To create a soft link called filelink.txt that points to a file called file.txt, use this: ln -s file.txt filelink.txt
Hard links
- Pointers to programs and files, but NOT directories
- If the original program or file is renamed, moved, or deleted, the hard link is NOT broken
- Hard links cannot span disk drives, so you CANNOT have a hard link on /dev/hdb that refers to a program or file on /dev/hda
- To create a hard link called hardlink.txt that points to a file called file.txt, use this: ln file.txt hardlink.txt
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