Is there anyway to identify the link file in hardlink?

[govinds]

Hello all,

When we create a soft link, we can easily identify the link file
ex:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 govinds govinds 1 Jun 17 13:37 b -> a

but if we create a hard link, how to identify the link file from the original file.

in the following d is original e is link file. i could nt see any difference

-rw-r--r-- 2 govinds staff 0 Jun 17 13:39 d
-rw-r--r-- 2 govinds staff 0 Jun 17 13:39 e




$ stat d
234881026 7565195 -rw-r--r-- 2 govinds govinds 0 0 "Jun 17 13:39:14 2011" "Jun 17 13:39:14 2011" "Jun 17 13:39:20 2011" "Jun 17 13:39:14 2011" 4096 0 0 d

$ stat e
234881026 7565195 -rw-r--r-- 2 govinds govinds 0 0 "Jun 17 13:39:14 2011" "Jun 17 13:39:14 2011" "Jun 17 13:39:20 2011" "Jun 17 13:39:14 2011" 4096 0 0 e

[hysterik]

The files will share the same inode. Run "ls -il d e".

[clowenstein]

There is no difference. They are two different names for the same file.