Ln (Unix)
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ln-unix-256-11003807
title:
Ln (Unix)
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The ln command is a standard Unix command utility used to create a hard link or a symbolic link (symlink) to an existing file or directory. The use of a hard link allows multiple filenames to be associated with the same file since a hard link points to the inode of a given file, the data of which is stored on disk. On the other hand, symbolic links are special files that refer to other files by name. The ln command by default creates hard links, and when called with the command line parameter ln
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Unix file management utility
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ln_(Unix)
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2023-09-04T15:49:37Z
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