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What are the benefits of creating links to a file?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 2 Last Update: November 28, 2007     Asked by: scott 
  
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June 21, 2007 08:41:53   #1  
Gopi K        

RE: What are the benefits of creating links to a file?...
Hi

1. memory
2. changing the file permission to all copies of hte file

Thanks
Gopi K

 
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November 28, 2007 00:35:10   #2  
silambarasan_m Member Since: September 2007   Contribution: 1    

RE: What are the benefits of creating links to a file?
IPC also
 
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