Which of the following statements about "inode" is false?
2019
Which of the following statements about "inode" is false?
- A.
An inode is a data structure that contains important information pertaining to files within a file system
- B.
Inode keeps track of how many links exists for a file
- C.
Soft links have different inode numbers
- D.
Hard links have different inode numbers
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Correct answer: D
An inode stores file metadata and link count. Soft links have different inode numbers, while hard links point to the same inode. So the statement that hard links have different inode numbers is false.