Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:29:34 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <rewt@i-Plus.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Steve Howe" <un_x@anchorage.net> Subject: Re: hard links Message-ID: <199705120527.BAA04270@Radford.i-Plus.net>
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> >is there any way to determine what files are >hard links to s specific file? it's obvious >for softlinks using "ls", but what about >hard links? >--------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Sure, take a look at this for a short example. These two files are hard linked with 4 other files. How do I know? look at the 2nd column. See the 6? Tells me that there's 6 node thingies in use for that one file. (I forget exactly what those things are called. nevertheless, there's 6 directory entries for that one file.) -r-xr-x--- 6 root bin 36864 Feb 5 08:00 /usr/bin/chpass -r-xr-x--- 6 root bin 36864 Feb 5 08:00 /usr/bin/chsh laters, -- Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net> Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net
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