Instruct Nirmaana 24-Smart and Lean Construction Through Technology.pdf
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1. How Linux allows
us to Remove
Files that are in
use?
Suresh Krishna
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2. Links in Linux
Hard Links
Soft Links
Removal of a File
Total Anhilation
Table of Content
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3. Every file in linux is a link to the physical content on disk.
These files point to the inode table that has corresponding
meta-datas for each content.
Link counts are number of links made to file’s content.
Links in Linux
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4. These are links which point directly to the inode and access the
physical data.
The maximum number of hard links to a file is limited by the
reference counter.
Hard Links
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5. These links do not point to the physical data on disk.
They instead contains the reference to another file.
It contains the path to the file.
Soft Links
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6. Lets create a file "file1.txt"
Now put some data into him.
Lets create a hard link "file2.txt" to the contents he is pointing to.
Removal of a File
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7. Now we shall remove the "file1.txt".
Removal of a File
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8. The contents are still on disk.
Lets remove the "file2.txt" too.
Removal of a File
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9. Let’s destroy a system.
In a Virtual Environment.
Total Anhilation
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10. Thank You!
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