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   *Incremental back-ups, use of hard links saves duplicating file data   *Incremental back-ups, use of hard links saves duplicating file data
   *Virtual File systems where source soft link directions do not resolve.  E.g. Docker configuration files.   *Virtual File systems where source soft link directions do not resolve.  E.g. Docker configuration files.
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 ====Link Tools==== ====Link Tools====
   *Use the ''stat'' command on a file/directory/symlink/device/pipe to get the statistics of the file.  Remember in link all these are stored as files.   *Use the ''stat'' command on a file/directory/symlink/device/pipe to get the statistics of the file.  Remember in link all these are stored as files.
-  *+  *''find dir  -xdev \! -type d -links +1  -printf '%20D %20i %p\n' | sort -n | uniq -w 42 --all-repeated=separate''  will find and list files that have common inode numbers in the nominated ''dir'' 
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     *[[https://linuxhandbook.com/symbolic-link-linux/|What is Symbolic Links in Linux? How to Create Symbolic Links?]]     *[[https://linuxhandbook.com/symbolic-link-linux/|What is Symbolic Links in Linux? How to Create Symbolic Links?]]
   *[[https://www.baeldung.com/linux/soft-links-to-directories|How to Create Soft Links to Directories]] (Baeldung)   *[[https://www.baeldung.com/linux/soft-links-to-directories|How to Create Soft Links to Directories]] (Baeldung)
 +  *[[https://www.theunixschool.com/|The Unix School]]
 +    *[[https://www.theunixschool.com/2011/06/inode-all-about-inodes.html| Inode - All about inodes]]
 +    *[[https://www.theunixschool.com/2012/03/soft-links-hard-links-all-about-inodes.html|Soft Links & Hard Links - All about Inodes - Part 2]]
 +    *[[https://www.theunixschool.com/2012/08/move-files-and-directories-inodes-part-3.html|Move files and directories : Inodes Part 3]]
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