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Re:Google Drive: Shortcuts replacing files and folders store... by mcoliver on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @07:44PM (#31009583)
Every file is essentially the master pointing at the same inode. So the file remains as long as any of the hard links exist. With soft links if you delete the master file all the soft links stop working.
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