Symbolic link is a file containing the full path to the file it is linked to.
ln -s testf.txt testf_link ls -l testf_link lrwxrwxrwx 1 mike staff 9 Jan 18 10:54 testf_link -> testf.txt |
An additional directory entry for the same file
ln testf.txt testf2 ls -li testf.txt 25 -rw-rw---- 2 mike staff 0 Jan 18 10:26 testf.txt ls -li testf2 25 -rw-rw---- 2 mike staff 0 Jan 18 10:26 testf2 |
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