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Count The Links

$ echo hello > a
$ ln a b
$ ln -s a c
$ ln b d
$ rm a
$ stat -c '%h' d
$ cat c

%h prints the hard link count. What do the last two commands produce?

A

1, and cat c fails with "No such file or directory"

B

2, and cat c fails with "No such file or directory"

C

3, and cat c fails with "No such file or directory"

D

2, and cat c prints hello