Disk directory entry Name: foo Inode Inode: 123456 hard link Inode: 123456 directory entry Name: bar Inode: 123456 hard link Permissions File Type Owner Address on disk etc. yada yada directory file superblock ln foo bar $ ls −il 123456 −rw−r−−r−− 123456 −rw−r−−r−− 2 fred user 10 Mar 20 12:35 bar 2 fred user 10 Mar 20 12:35 foo