What is Soft Link and Hard Link

Here is Simple difference between soft link and hard link.

	Softlink	Hardlink
File	Same file, but 2 inode number	2 diff files, Same Inode number
Filesystem Limit	Can cross file system	Cannot cross file system
Between Dir’s	Possible	Not Possible
Link Count	Link count value is 1	Link count value is 2
Command	ln –s <source> <link file>	ln <source> <link file>
To unlink	# unlink <link file name>

Source removal	Will affect the link file	Won't affect the link file