Search Downloads. Kali Linux. Kali Linux for Android. Media Creation Tool. BlueStacks App Player. Phoenix OS. Im curious if anybody knows the reason for hard links and the thought process behind creating them. From what I understand, when a "hard link" is first created it simply acts like a shortcut to a single file. What I found when experimenting with "hard links", however, is that once you alter the target or file using the "hard link", the hard link then becomes its own island or physical file.
Therefore, I guess one question I might pose is, does the "hard link" cease to exist once the original target has been modified? It appears this way to me.
This is a pretty advanced topic, and is mostly used in Windows world for compatibility. You can learn much more about these links on Wikipedia or a quick search with your favorite search engine. Was this reply helpful?
Yes No. A hard link is the file system representation of a file by which more than one path references a single file in the same volume. To create a hard link, use the CreateHardLink function. Any changes to that file are instantly visible to applications that access it through the hard links that reference it. However, the directory entry size and attribute information is updated only for the link through which the change was made.
Note that the attributes on the file are reflected in every hard link to that file, and changes to that file's attributes propagate to all the hard links. To delete a hard link, use the DeleteFile function. Windows Vista and Windows 7 hard links are compatible with Windows XP hard links, and the fsutil hardlink command continues to function in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
However, hard links have several key differences: Hard links must refer to files on the same volume, while symbolic links can refer to files or folders on different volumes or shared folders. Hard links can refer only to files, while symbolic links can refer to either files or folders. Hard links survive deleting the target file.
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