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Subject: Symbolic linking vs. Hard linking on BSD
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Date: 14 Dec 87 23:48:10 GMT
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Can anyone out there please describe for me the difference between
symbolic & hard linking in the BSD environment?
     
I was looking at all the BSD documentation I have and could not find
anything that describes the difference between the two. It seems
that symbolic linking will allow linking across file systems while
hard linking does not, but I do not understand the process.
     
Thanks in advance.