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How Hard Links and Inodes Work on Linux

Linux: Diagram: Hard Links, Inodes, and Disk Blocks (2025)

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2025-03-27
A diagram showing the relationship between three components: hard links, inode, and disk. The hard links /foo and /bar are associated with the number 42 (this is the data in a directory block). The inode has properties such as being the number 42, having the owner 2, the group 2, having 2 hard links, the permission rwxrw-r--, and multiple pointers to blocks, namely, 1, 2, 12, 25, and 15, following by 5 pointers set to 0. The disk component has blocks (e.g. 4096 bytes each) that are pointed to by arrows according to the numbers in the inode component. The blocks 1, 2, 12, and 24 are coloed orange. The last block pointed, 15, is colored partially orange.

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A diagram showing the relationship between hard links, inodes, and disk blocks on Linux.

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