On Tue 05 Jan 2016 at 06:57:28 (+1000), Stuart Longland wrote: > > As for symlink behaviour, directory entities all occupy inodes, and a > symbolic link is a special type of directory entity whose content points > to another by name. > > A hard link is basically a directory entry that, rather than having its > own inode, it shares the same inode as some other directory entity. > It's the directory entity that has the metadata such as file name,
Yes, the directory entry has the filename and inode number... > permissions and ownership. ... but these are in the inode, along with size and location. Cheers, David.
