linux testout pro 2.10.6

Which of the following is a characteristic of a symbolic link?

Distinct (non-duplicate) inode.

Drag the permission string on the left to the category on the right. Some permission strings will not be used.

Symbolic link lrwxrwxrwx Hard link -rwxr-xr-x

When you enter the ls command for the current working directory, you see the following: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-11-05 mydata -> shantsgems-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 382 2010-10-05 shantsgems Which of the following is true of the files listed?

The mydata file is a symbolic link to the shantsgems file.

Leroy tries to copy some files to an ext3 volume and receives the following error: "No space left on device." Leroy executes the df command and determines that there is sufficient space to copy the files. He also verifies that he has permission to copy the files. Which of the following BEST describes Leroy's problem?

The number of inodes has been exhausted.

You create symbolic links in your home directory to a set of files in their /data directory using the ln -s command. Later, a system administrator deletes the files in the /data directory. What happens to the symbolic links that you created?

The symbolic links still exist in your home directory, but they are useless because the link has been broken.

You have deleted an annual_report_finances.png file from your Linux file system. However, when you enter the ls -a command on the directory where the file is located, you still see the file listed with the following permissions: -rwxr-xr-x Why is the file still listed?

There is still a hard link associated with the file data.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a hard link?

Valid inode for the file data even if the original filename is deleted.

You want to create an exact copy of /home/mary/june_report in /home/jeremy/ creating a hard link called project_june. What command would you enter at the command prompt to create this link?

cp -l /home/mary/june_report /home/jeremy/project_june

Which of the following commands lists the node numbers for the files in your Linux file system?

ls -i

You have created a project_ln soft link and now want to remove the link from your Linux file system. Which of the following commands will remove the soft link?

unlink project_ln