712.5 Create and Change Hard and Symbolic Links (weight: 1) BSD-SPECIALIST Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   Which statement correctly describes a fundamental difference between a hard link and a symbolic link?

   • AA hard link shares the same inode as the original file, while a symbolic link has its own inode.
   • BA hard link can span filesystems, while a symbolic link cannot.
   • CA hard link can link to a directory, while a symbolic link cannot.
   • DA hard link stores the path to the target, while a symbolic link stores the file's data.
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2. 7foundation · easy

   A symbolic link 'shortcut' points to the file 'original.txt'. What is the effect of running 'rm shortcut'?

   • AThe symbolic link is removed, and the link count of original.txt decreases by one.
   • BThe command fails because rm cannot remove symbolic links without the -f option.
   • COnly the symbolic link is removed; original.txt remains unchanged.
   • DBoth the symbolic link and original.txt are deleted.
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4. 8application · medium

   You want to create a symbolic link named /usr/local/bin/editor that points to /opt/editors/vim. The target is a regular file. Which command should you use?

   • Aln -s /opt/editors/vim /usr/local/bin/editor
   • Bcp -s /opt/editors/vim /usr/local/bin/editor
   • Cln /opt/editors/vim /usr/local/bin/editor
   • Dln -s /usr/local/bin/editor /opt/editors/vim
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5. 9expert · hard

   You have a file /srv/data/file.txt. You need to create a hard link at /srv/data/file2.txt. You run ln /srv/data/file.txt /srv/data/file2.txt and it succeeds. Later, you run stat /srv/data/file.txt and see 'Links: 2'. You then delete /srv/data/file.txt. What is the link count of /srv/data/file2.txt?

   • A2
   • B0
   • C1
   • DThe file is deleted, so the link count is undefined.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   When the original file is removed, what happens to a hard link and a symbolic link that both point to that file?

   • ABoth links continue to work normally because they store copies of the file's data.
   • BThe hard link continues to access the data, while the symbolic link becomes broken.
   • CBoth links become broken and cannot be used.
   • DThe symbolic link continues to access the data, while the hard link becomes broken.
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