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echo: rberrypi
to: LEW PITCHER
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2020-08-10 20:48:00
subject: Re: Strange construct in

Lew Pitcher  wrote:
> On August 10, 2020 16:41, A.  Dumas wrote:
>
>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:
>>> ✓ steve@steve /bin $ ls -li [ test
>>> 819744 -r-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  23672  5 Nov  2019 [
>>> 819744 -r-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  23672  5 Nov  2019 test
>>> ✓ steve@steve /bin $ uname -a
>>> FreeBSD steve 12.1-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p6 GENERIC  amd64
>>>
>>> It's got a bit bigger over the years though.
>>
>> Are they copies or hardlinks?
>
> Obviously, hardlinks. Note that both files share inode 819744 (the first
> field in the "ls -li" output)

Ok, yes. Obvious if you know what -i does.

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