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Creating a hard link to an ordinary file returns an error. What could be the reason for this?

The correct answer is E. The source and the target are on different filesystems. You've hit your Sonnet limit · resets Jun 8, 9am (UTC)

Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Question

Creating a hard link to an ordinary file returns an error. What could be the reason for this?

Options

  • AThe source file is hidden.
  • BThe source file is read-only.
  • CThe source file is a shell script.
  • DThe source file is already a hard link.
  • EThe source and the target are on different filesystems.

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • B
    8% (2)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)
  • E
    84% (21)

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Topics

#hard links#filesystem boundaries#inodes#ln command

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