How to add a directory in a mounted filesystem as a directory accessible by your user.

How to mount a partition on Linux and make your old home directory accessible to your user To add a directory in a mounted drive as a folder accessible by a normal user, use this command to change the ownership of all files and directories to that of your current user. [root@darkstar Videos]# chown -R … Read more

What a file hardlink means on Linux. And why symlinks are better.

Linux supports the creation of file hardlinks. This is a copy of a file that has the same inode as the original. If the copy is edited, the original is too. 4.4 Thu Oct 04 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ ln missile.jpg missilenew.jpg 4.4 Thu Oct 04 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ ls -hula -i -1 total 264K 14885009 … Read more