[Courses][Linux comands] tee, file, stat, find

[Elwing]

My guess would be the .. below it, and the directory link as well as itself?

..
Mail
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Carla?


Katie Bechtold wrote:

 > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:30:18AM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
 >
 >>stat
 >>   this command gives you the complete dish on files:
 >
 >
 > Wow, how have I managed to live this long without finding out about
 > stat?  This looks like a great tool -- thanks, Carla!
 >
 > Now I have a question -- what's up with the number of links to a
 > directory file?  For instance, I tried this:
 >
 > # stat Mail
 > File: `Mail'
 > Size: 3256            Blocks: 7          IO Block: 4096
 > directory
 > Device: 303h/771d       Inode: 184799      Links: 3
 > Access: (0710/drwx--x---)  Uid: ( 1000/   katie)   Gid: (  100/
 > users)
 > Access: 2003-11-11 04:30:58.000000000 -0500
 > Modify: 2004-03-10 13:10:15.000000000 -0500
 > Change: 2004-03-10 13:10:15.000000000 -0500
 >
 > # find / -inum 184799
 > /home/katie/Mail
 >
 > What's going on there?  There are three links to the directory Mail,
 > but "find" only finds one.
 >