An exact identical link of a given file.

  • Inode is the same
  • Inode will only be destroyed once all hard links are destroyed
ln <target> <name_of_link>

Default Hardlinks

  • By default, the Inode of a directory will have two links. One for the directory itself, and another for the ./ hard link
  • Subdirectories will also point to this directory with their ../ hard link