Create a hard link in Fedora/Centos/Redhat

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (RPM Linux)
Q: How to create a hard link in Linux? (Redhat, CentOS, Fedora)

Hard link is a shortcut to a master file, but it contain a copy of original file. and link will work fine even after deleting the original file.

Create a hard link in Fedora/CentOS/Redhat

Syntax:

[root@server ~#]ln <source file> <link name>

eg:

[root@server ~#]ln /new/flight.jpg /home/james/flight

(Now a link to the master file "/new/flight.jpg" is created in "/home/james/flight"

#Note: the soft link will work after you delete the original file.

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