> A hard link is a directory entry that references an inode. Every > property of the file is represented in the inode, including its type, > ownership, permissions, size and pointers to the actual data, i.e. the > directory entry is simply a (name, inode) pair. As such, there can be > multiple directory entries referencing the same inode. ... > Soft links are similar to "aliases" on Windows. AFAIK Windows has no > concept analogous to hard links. Windows has had hard links since either Win2k or WinXP and calls them junction points. AFAIK, they are only used in a default install in WinVista and Win7 to hard link to/from deprecated user dirs. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines