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Tutorial8: Links / Process Management

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Symbolic Links
'''Advantages:''' of symbolic links are that they are '''shortcuts''' to other files, where the symbolic link only contains the pathname to the original file, you '''can create symbolic links'''<br>'''on different Unix/Linux servers''', and that you '''can create symbolic links for directories'''.
'''Disadvantages:''' of symbolic Symbolic links are that they are NOT good for backup purposes<br>since a symbolic link can point to a nonexistent file (referred to as a "broken link").
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