Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Default FTP login on RaQ2/3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fathi Said wrote:

> Can you tell me, what is the difference between a symbolic and a hard link?

Actually, no.

I just looked this up in five different books, and while the concept is
simple, the real difference is hard to understand well enough to explain
<frown>.

Symbolic links can be across partitions.  Hard links have to be removed
before the original file can be removed.

Some of the books say hard links are better.  Some say symbolic links
are better.  None go into them in enough detail, not even the one about
programming and linux internals <frown>.

I remember, when I was a little boy, mom used to tell me not to use hard
links for directories.

I honestly don't remember why.

Any other suggestions out there?

Jeff
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