A developer asks you to create a second name for an existing configuration file so that the application can read the same file from a different path. The file is on the same filesystem, and the developer wants the two names to always refer to the same inode. Which command should you run?

ln -s /etc/app/config.conf /etc/app/config.old

mv /etc/app/config.conf /etc/app/config.old

ln /etc/app/config.conf /etc/app/config.old

cp /etc/app/config.conf /etc/app/config.old

A backup script creates a hard link to a large file to save space. Later, the original file is deleted. What happens to the hard link?

The hard link is automatically converted to a symbolic link to preserve access.

The hard link contains a copy of the data and continues to work independently.

The hard link still provides access to the file data because the inode remains until the last link is removed.

The hard link becomes a broken link because the original file is gone.

You have a symbolic link /home/user/link that points to /var/data/file. You need to change the target to /opt/data/file. The new target exists. Which command will update the link without producing an error?

ln -sf /opt/data/file /home/user/link

mv /opt/data/file /home/user/link

rm /home/user/link && ln -s /opt/data/file /home/user/link

ln -s /opt/data/file /home/user/link

A user runs 'ln data.txt link.txt'. What is the immediate result of this command?

A symbolic link named link.txt is created that points to data.txt.

A new file named link.txt is created that contains a copy of data.txt's contents.

The command fails because data.txt already has a link count greater than one.

A hard link named link.txt is created that points to the same inode as data.txt.

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1application · medium
A developer asks you to create a second name for an existing configuration file so that the application can read the same file from a different path. The file is on the same filesystem, and the developer wants the two names to always refer to the same inode. Which command should you run?
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2application · medium
A backup script creates a hard link to a large file to save space. Later, the original file is deleted. What happens to the hard link?
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3expert · hard
You have a symbolic link /home/user/link that points to /var/data/file. You need to change the target to /opt/data/file. The new target exists. Which command will update the link without producing an error?
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4foundation · easy
A user runs 'ln data.txt link.txt'. What is the immediate result of this command?
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5foundation · easy
Which command displays detailed information about a file, including its inode number, link count, and file type?
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