You can create a hard link to an existing file using the ln command in this form: ln existing_file new_hard_link You will now have two filenames pointing to the same inode.

Creating links Whether you are creating a symbolic or hard link on a Unix or Linux system, you use the ln command. However, to create a symbolic link, you use the -s option.

For more information about the ln command, try running man ln , which is the manual or man page for the ln command. About the Author Brian Jones is a system/network/database administrator and sometime ...