When I stat a directory I get a listing that tell me there are 5 links to the directory.
stat dir
My question is how do I get information (names and locations) to all these 5 links?
Answers:
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Method 1
You just need ls (or find).
When you create a directory, its link count starts at 2:
- One for the directory itself
- One for the
.link inside itself
The other thing that increases the directory’s link count is its subdirectories: they all have a .. entry linking back to their parent, adding one to its link count.
You can’t hardlink directories in Linux, so these are the only things that count towards the link count – two plus number of subdirectories.
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