Difference between hard links and soft link in Solaris
Hard Links :
1. The Links have same inode number.
2. ls -l command shows all the links with the link column(Second) shows No. of links.
3. Links have actual file contents
4. When a permission is changed for one file , it appears to be the same for the other file also.
5. Removing any link just reduces the link count but doesn't affect other links.
Soft Links (Symbolic Links) :
1. Links have different inode numbers.
2. ls -l command shows all links with second column value 1 and the link points to original file.
3. Link has the path for original file and not the contents.
4. If the original file is deleted , the other file becomes an non existent one.