Creating a hard link | LPIC-1 101-500 Exam original practice question

104.6Basic

Create report.current as another name for report.txt on the same filesystem.

Share the inode and data rather than copying file contents.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the system role

Separate firmware, boot, storage, process, and filesystem roles before comparing the choices.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short definitions of the LPIC-1 101 concepts involved.

inode: A filesystem record that stores metadata and references to a file's data blocks.
Hard link: A directory entry that refers to the same inode as another name.
Symbolic link: A special file that stores a path to another file or directory.
unlink: An operation that removes a directory entry and one reference to an inode.

Detailed explanation

Correctln report.txt report.current

Correct. ln report.txt report.current creates a hard link.

Incorrectln -s report.txt report.current

Incorrect. -s creates a symbolic link.

Incorrectcp report.txt report.current

Incorrect. cp creates a separate file, even when contents initially match.

Incorrectmv report.txt report.current

Incorrect. mv renames or moves the existing directory entry.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

ln --help

既定はhard link、--symbolicでsymbolic linkを作る説明

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKP-104-277

EnvironmentGNU coreutils 9.x／Linux

Last technical review2026-08-13

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