Question 261

Two Names One Inode

$ echo hello > file
$ ln file hard
$ ln -s file soft
$ stat -c %h file
???                      # (1) link count
$ rm file
$ cat hard
???                      # (2)
$ cat soft
???                      # (3)

What are (1), (2) and (3)?

A

2, then hello, then hello

B

2, then hello, then cat: soft: No such file or directory

C

3, then hello, then hello

D

1, then cat: hard: No such file or directory, then hello