niall broin nialllinuxie fri jul 19 2002 084840pm 0100 ronan cunniffe wrote quoting ronan waide sure soft links would honest im trying think useful use hard links right im little stumped theres got ta benefit im missing thats immediately obvious everyone using nialls example single set files 1 namespace suppose want delete items set according rules applied namespaces soft links need extra namespace others refer filtering namespaces manual reference count decide goes stays hard links unlink deletion automatic couldnt put better thats going stop trying situation occurs precisely major functional difference symbolic links aka soft links symlinks friends hard links two hard links file exactly equivalent one files real directory entry otoh symlink special thing link real file file linked erased end broken symbolic link cant broken hard link except course case banjaxed filesystem niall irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie fri 19 jul 2002 231735 0100 ilug copy files