Comments on: μHOWTO: Recover an empty kcontrol tree http://javier.rodriguez.org.mx/index.php/2007/04/07/%ce%bchowto-recover-an-empty-kcontrol-tree random musings Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aske mottelson http://javier.rodriguez.org.mx/index.php/2007/04/07/%ce%bchowto-recover-an-empty-kcontrol-tree/comment-page-1#comment-123433 Aske mottelson Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:19:37 +0000 http://javier.rodriguez.org.mx/index.php/2007/04/07/%ce%bchowto-recover-an-empty-kcontrol-tree/#comment-123433 i love you.. you really saved my day, with this article i love you.. you really saved my day, with this article

]]> By: Loye Young http://javier.rodriguez.org.mx/index.php/2007/04/07/%ce%bchowto-recover-an-empty-kcontrol-tree/comment-page-1#comment-115879 Loye Young Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:50:03 +0000 http://javier.rodriguez.org.mx/index.php/2007/04/07/%ce%bchowto-recover-an-empty-kcontrol-tree/#comment-115879 I think it would be better to drop the "-s" flag from the link, which would make the link a hard link rather than a symbolic link. What's the difference, you ask? A symbolic link essentially redirects to the data referenced by another filename. The symbolic link breaks if the linked file is deleted. A hard link maps the same data to both places in the files system. Thus, the other link remains if either is deleted. I think it would be better to drop the “-s” flag from the link, which would make the link a hard link rather than a symbolic link.

What’s the difference, you ask?

A symbolic link essentially redirects to the data referenced by another filename. The symbolic link breaks if the linked file is deleted.
A hard link maps the same data to both places in the files system. Thus, the other link remains if either is deleted.

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