Difference between hard link and soft link
Introduction :
This article is about “Hard link” & “Soft link” and the difference between them .
Soft Link:
A soft link also referred to as a symbolic link is a file that points to another file it is more like a shortcut to the real file .
You can create a soft link in Linux terminal by typing ln -s target link-name .
In the example below I’ve linked a file called “file” to a soft link called “link”
Hard link
A hard link is a file that points to the same target inode (content) as the target file.
Here is an example of a hard link creation by using the ln command , the original file called “file” and the hard link called “link” so : ln file link .
Soft link vs Hard link
Deleting the hard link will result in deleting the content for both files (the link and the original file) .
Meanwhile deleting the soft link will result in just deleting the link itself .
That’s it for this article see you in the next one .
