30
Input/output library
[input.output]
30.10
File systems
[filesystems]
30.10.4
Terms and definitions
[fs.definitions]
30.10.4.7
hard link
[fs.def.hardlink]
A link (
[fs.def.link]
) to an existing file
.
Some file systems support multiple hard links to a file
.
If the last hard link to a file is removed, the file itself is removed
.
[
Note
:
A hard link can be thought of as a shared-ownership smart pointer to a file
.
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end note
]