--- On Fri, 22/8/08, indianathan n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ ln A B > This command makes mirror of file. You can edit > both of them. It > will automatically update in another one. to delete the > file you should > remove the both. >
It is not mirroring, no physical copying is done. The entry about A and B in the directory structure will point to same file. The physical file remains just single with its link count in inode increased. This type of link is called hard link > $ ls -s A B > > This command creates only shortcut(link). Original > file only > available one to work. It is not short cut, it is called symbolic link. Symbolic link uses filename itself instead of inode number to maintain relationship. You can use both A and B for work. Raman.P Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc