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| Jul 21, 2022 at 14:09 | comment | added | Bobby Jack | True. I personally rarely have that use case — it's all about using the appropriate type of link in a given situation. | |
| Jul 20, 2022 at 14:00 | comment | added | doneal24 | But if you want to associate filenames that are on two different file systems, you have to use a symlink. Also, if you move one entry of a hardlinked file to a different file system you do wind up with two copies of the file; something that may be unintended. | |
| Jul 20, 2022 at 13:54 | history | answered | Bobby Jack | CC BY-SA 4.0 |