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Tutorial8: Links / Process Management

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INVESTIGATION 1: LINKING FILES
# 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</span><br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to display i-node ID numbers for <u>both</u> files:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -i ~/links/data-file.txt ~/links/data-file.hard.lnk</span><br><br>What do you notice about both of these those file's i-node numbers?<br><br>
# Use a text editor to edit <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">~/links/data-file.txt</span> and add some lines to the bottom of that file.<br><br>
# Save your editing session and exit your text editor.<br><br>
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