ln command (hard and symbolic links)

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Author: keith smith
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: ln command (hard and symbolic links)

Hi everyone,

I'm needing to share some files between two hosting accounts and am looking at creating a few symbolic links.

In reading the man page for ln it says it creates a hard link by default or I can use --symbolic to create a symbolic link.

What is the difference between a hard link and a symbolic link and why would I want to use one over the other?

Thanks a bunch in advance for your help.

Keith


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Keith Smith
(480) 584-4772
PHP Programming


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