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Hard versus Soft Links

In this chapter, we further our knowledge on Linux files, and we discuss the differences between hard and soft links. If you have ever created a shortcut in Windows (or macOS) before, you will quickly grasp the concept of a soft link. But before we discuss hard and soft links, you first have to understand the concept of an inode.