unix Links
I was not clear about unix 'Links' concept. How same file has different name in different directory. It seems confusing to me. I wonder what are the practical uses, advantages, disadvantages, applications of links. What other operating system has similar concept? Please advise.
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Advantages are numerous but first You need to diff. between softlinks which are exactly like shortcuts and hardlinks that basically pointers to the real file and will behave the same way the file'd be .First great advantage of all links - they save space on Your HDD
2nd + : they eliminate duplicate copies of the same program , though better solution is add the file (if executable )to $PATH variable
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One common scenario where symbolic or softlinks are used is version control. For example, you can have a symbolic link called latest, working to the latest or working version of the file.
This way you can easily change versions by changing its link.
This way you can easily change versions by changing its link.
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