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<table align="right"><tr valign="top"><td>[[Image:hard-link-1.png|thumb|right|250px|(Image licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])<br>Image manipulated by author]]]</td><td>[[Image:inode-number-3.png|thumb|right|500px|'''Hard links''' share the '''same inode number'''. Hard links are very good for '''backup''' purposes.]]</td></tr></table>
* A '''Hard link ''' is a reference to the physical data on a file system* More than one hard link can be associated with the same physical data* Hard links can only refer to data that exists on thesame file system* Hard links cannot be created to a directory* When a file has more than one link, you can remove any one link and still be able to access the file through the remaining links
''Examples:''
