Soft Link vs Hard Link

Symbolic/Soft Link	Hard Link
`ln -s source.file softlink.file`	`ln source.file hardlink.file`
can cross the file system	can’t cross the file system
allows you to link between directories	can’t link directories
has different inode number and file permissions than original file	has the same inode number and file permissions of original file
permissions will not be updated	permissions will be updated if we change the permissions of source file
has only the path of the original file, not the contents	has the actual contents of original file, so that you still can view the contents, even if the original file moved or removed

Difference Between Hardlink and Copy

if you create a hard link to a file and change the content of either of the files, the change will be be seen on both