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→INVESTIGATION 1: LINKING FILES
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# Issue the following Linux command:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -li ~/links/data-file.txt</span><br><br>View the '''i-node''' number for this file. What does this i-node number represent?<br><br>We will now create a '''hard link''' file and demonstrate how creating hard links are useful for '''back-ups'''.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to create the following hard link in the same directory: <br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ln ~/links/data-file.txt ~/links/data-file.hard.lnk<br><br>
# Issue the '''ls -li''' command for the '''~/links''' directory.<br><br>What do you notice about both of these file's i-node numbers?<br><br>