What are the real world applications of using symbolic and hard links?

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  • uln

    Automated link creator/file copier controlled by simple config file.

    My linking script for this exact purpose (complete with hostname specific link creation): https://github.com/arcmags/uln

  • dotfiles

    My personal dotfiles and dotfiles installer project (by mikeslattery)

    For more information: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles and my dotfiles at https://github.com/mikeslattery/dotfiles

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