Links in Linux

• Shortcuts are created using “links” on Linux. 
• There are two types of links that can be used namely “soft link” and “hard link”
• Soft links are link to the file name and can reside on different filesytem as well; however hard links are link to the inode of the file and has to be on the same filesytem as that of the file. 
• Deleting the original file makes the soft link inactive (broken link) but does not affect the hard link (Hard link will still access a copy of the file)