Question

How many links are created when we create a directory files?

Answer 1

None

Many links are created when we create a directory files

• An empty directory file only provides information about the files and subdirectories it contains. Every file and subdirectory in a directory file has an entry, and each entry contains some essential information about the file or subdirectory in question.
• A "link count" to each object in the file system is kept track of by Unix file systems. This "link count" value represents the total number of directory entries pointing to the object's inode. The number of hard links to a normal file is represented by its link count.
• The number of hard links appears as the first number in the ls -l output following the permission block. It is the same value that the stat command in "Links" returned. When referring to a file, this number represents the hardlink count, and when referring to a directory, it is the number of enclosed directory entries.

#SPJ2