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  2. unlink (Unix) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlink_(Unix)

    In Unix-like operating systems, unlink is a system call and a command line utility to delete files. The program directly interfaces the system call, which removes the file name and (but not on GNU systems) directories like rm and rmdir. [1]

  3. Symbolic link - Wikipedia

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    A symbolic link contains a text string that is automatically interpreted and followed by the operating system as a path to another file or directory. This other file or directory is called the "target". The symbolic link is a second file that exists independently of its target. If a symbolic link is deleted, its target remains unaffected.

  4. rm (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    rm (short for remove) is a basic command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to remove objects such as computer files, directories and symbolic links from file systems and also special files such as device nodes, pipes and sockets, similar to the del command in MS-DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows. The command is also available in the ...

  5. ln (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    The ln command is a standard Unix command utility used to create a hard link or a symbolic link (symlink) to an existing file or directory. [1] The use of a hard link allows multiple filenames to be associated with the same file since a hard link points to the inode of a given file, the data of which is stored on disk.

  6. unistd.h - Wikipedia

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    read value of a symbolic link rmdir: delete a directory symlink symlinkat: make a new name for a file sync syncfs: commit filesystem caches to disk ttyname ttyname_r: return name of a terminal unlink unlinkat: delete a name and possibly the file it refers to write: write to a file descriptor Process _exit: terminate the calling process: execl ...

  7. Unix file types - Wikipedia

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    A symbolic link is a reference to another file. This special file is stored as a textual representation of the referenced file's path (which means the destination may be a relative path, or may not exist at all). A symbolic link is marked with an l (lower case L) as the first letter of the mode string, e.g. in this abbreviated ls -l output: [5]

  8. srm (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    srm (or Secure Remove) is a command line utility for Unix-like computer systems for secure file deletion. srm removes each specified file by overwriting, renaming, and truncating it before unlinking. This prevents other people from undeleting or recovering any information about the file from the command line.

  9. Linux namespaces - Wikipedia

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    The inode number pointed to by this symlink is the same for each process in this namespace. This uniquely identifies each namespace by the inode number pointed to by one of its symlinks. Reading the symlink via readlink returns a string containing the namespace kind name and the inode number of the namespace.