Linux: Best-practices for Hard Linking?

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Published on 2010-03-14T17:18:43Z Indexed on 2010/03/14 17:25 UTC
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I've used hard links in the past, but they seem to make a bit of a mess of things...

When is the proper time to use Hard links? What are the best practices for when and where to use hard linking?

Thanks,

Dan

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