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===Hard Links===
[[Image:hard-link-1.png|thumb|right|300px|(Image licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])A '''Hard link''' is a file which is created that shares the '''same i-node number''' with the <u>original</u> file<br>Image manipulated by author]]
A '''Hard link''' is a '''reference''' to the physical data on a file system.<br>It does this by creating a file that shares the '''same i-node number''' with the <u>original</u> file.
<span style="font-family:courier">'''touch myfile.txt<br>ln myfile.txt myfile1.hard.lnk<br>ln myfile.txt myfile2.hard.lnk<br>ln myfile.txt ~/backups/myfile.hard.lnk<br>'''</span>
===Symbolic Links===
