After successfully creating a hard link called bar to the ordinary file foo, foo is deleted from the filesystem. Which of the following describes the resulting situation?

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After successfully creating a hard link called bar to the ordinary file foo, foo is deleted from the filesystem. Which of the following describes the resulting situation?

Options

Afoo and bar would both be removed.
Bfoo would be removed while bar would remain accessible.
Cfoo would be removed. bar would still exist but would be unusable.
DBoth foo and bar would remain accessible.
EThe user is prompted whether bar should be removed, too.

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B
87% (20)
C
4% (1)
D
4% (1)
E
4% (1)

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#hard links#inodes#reference counts#file deletion

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