Unix: softlinks, hardlinks
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I am somewhat confused what the differences between a softlink, and a hardlink are (on unix).
It seems like a softlink is the same as a shortcut in windows or an alias on Mac OS X. (Can someone confirm this?) Softlinks can link to both directories and files.
I am uncertain of what a hardlink does or if it is useful..
Is it better to use one instead of the other?
Thanks.
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