<snip) > Anyway, sometimes I want to undo what I did, but I can't say > > unlink file2 > > because that will remove file2. I just want it , so that the files are > still the same but if I change one, the other will > not change (i.e., inodes are different but diff shows no differences). I > can't see any flags for ln. Anyone have > any idea? <snip> All I can think of would be using the cp command to copy it to a new file. You cannot separate the hard links into individual files (not that I know of) because they are one and the same. So you have to create a new file at a new inode, hence the cp command. > another question. If you have a file FILE1 can you find everything that is > linked > to it? say you have > > ln -s /this/is/filesystem/1/FILE1 /filesystem/2/FILE2 > The find command can search your system for files with the same inode (hence hard link) ask it to search your system for all files that have a symbolic link to file1. And of course being the find command you can expand or restrict your search path and depth of search as you require/desire. Jacques B.
