Hardlink vs Symlink

Subject	Symlink	Hardlink
Link Behavior	Points to the path of the target file	Points directly to the data on the disk (same inode)
File Systems	Can span across different file systems	Must be within the same file system
On Deletion	Breaks (dangle) if the target is deleted	The target file’s data persists as long as any hard link exists
Directories	Can point to directories	Hard link to a directory isn’t allowed to avoid infinite loops in the file system
Permissions	Permission is different the target	Shares the same permissions and attributes as the target file since it’s the same file