Question

What happens when you create a hard link to a text file and then you delete the text file in Linux?

Answer 1

Solution:

When a hard link is removed, the text file remains the same.

However, if the text file is only removed, there is no any content in the hard link thus is of no use.

However, these removal are denoted by different methods and avails the space available.

Answer 2

When a hard link is removed, the text file remains the same.

However, if the text file is only removed, there is no any content in the hard link thus is of no use.