inode: An inode is a (numbered) area in a Linux filesystem that contains pointers to the locations where data is stored. Directory entries are inode numbers. A hard link is created when the directory entries for two different files contain the same inode number.

See:

• "The I=List" heading on http://www.isu.edu/departments/comcom/unix/workshop/fstour.html

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• RandyKramer - 31 Jan 2002
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