What is the main advantage of creating links to a file
instead of copies of the file?

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What is the main advantage of creating links to a file instead of copies of the file?..

Answer / ramesh n. peddi

IF there is a link then if we chnage in the file or the link
file u can see the changes on both the places. IN copy once
the file is copied then changes are made , then it won't
reflect on the file.

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What is the main advantage of creating links to a file instead of copies of the file?..

Answer / susheel narayan singh

The main advantage of creating links to a file because
if there is one file and max user want to work on that file
at a time by linking they can work on that.
There are two type of linking-
1-Hard link
2-Soft link

Hard link is same as copy but its inode no. is same.when u
remove the orginal file which u have link then it will not
effect in hard link file.

Soft link is copy but disadvantage is that when u remove the
orginal file then soft link file will not work.

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