Linux using the link command

Posted by Xavier on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Xavier
Published on 2012-05-31T21:55:48Z Indexed on 2012/05/31 22:44 UTC
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Here it goes. I have a folder that contains a not so large amount of space called /data/backup but I have been told that if I link that folder (/data/backup) to an even bigger folder area like /bigdata/backup for example, that I will be able to execute backups to the /data/backup folder because it will be just a link but the data will be seen in both folders and the latter one (/bigdata/backup) will contain the backup results but it will show on both folders and since the /bigdata/backup has far more disk space then the backup will no longer fail because of space problems in the /data/backup one.

Is this true?

Thanks

Xav

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