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 (DIR) Post #160387 by tomasino@mastodon.sdf.org
       2018-09-24T00:01:22Z
       
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       ln(1) question... can someone give me an example where you'd prefer a hard link over a symbolic one? I've never used a hard link on purpose before.
       
 (DIR) Post #160451 by xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org
       2018-09-24T00:11:25Z
       
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       @tomasino No, but I can tell you that the answer to ln(1) is approximately zero.
       
 (DIR) Post #160543 by c25l@mastodon.sdf.org
       2018-09-24T00:22:19Z
       
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       @tomasinoMaybe you want to be able to delete it update the linked object without destroying or changing the local behavior?
       
 (DIR) Post #161235 by ron@glammr.us
       2018-09-24T01:09:39Z
       
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       @tomasino I had gotten rust on what the difference was as well.  This medium article did a great job of reminding me.https://medium.com/@mirandarevans/whats-the-deal-with-hard-links-and-symbolic-links-b8bb6b2d4343
       
 (DIR) Post #161356 by grainloom@cybre.space
       2018-09-24T01:19:27Z
       
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       @tomasino not an answer but i'm also curious if hard links are useful on modern COW file systems.
       
 (DIR) Post #163271 by vsedach@mastodon.sdf.org
       2018-09-24T05:26:15Z
       
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       @tomasino I use GNU cp with -l option to make weekly/monthly snapshots of backups