1. Remove the file newFile.soft, if it exists. Create a soft link to students2.dat. Name the link file newFile.soft. Display long listing of newFile.soft and compare its attributes with that of students2.dat. How would you confirm that students2.dat and newFile.soft are two different files? What do the sizes of the two files indicate?

STUDENTS2.DAT FILE

John Doe ECE 3.54 doe@jd.home.org 111.222.3333 James Davis ECE 3.71 davis@jd.work.org 111.222.1111 Al Davis CS 2.63 davis@a.laers.org 111.222.2222 Ahmad Rashid MBA 3.74 ahmad@mba.org 111.222.4444 Sam Chu ECE 3.68 chu@sam.ab.com 111.222.5555 Arun Roy SS 3.06 roy@ss.arts.edu 111.222.8888 Rick Marsh CS 2.34 marsh@a.b.org 111.222.6666 James Adam CS 2.77 jadam@a.b.org 111.222.7777 Art Pohm ECE 4.00 pohm@ap.a.org 111.222.9999 John Clark ECE 2.68 clark@xyz.ab.com 111.111.5555 Nabeel Ali EE 3.56 ali@ee.eng.edu 111.111.8888 Tom Nelson ECE 3.81 nelson@tn.abc.org 111.111.6666 Pat King SS 2.77 king@pk.xyz.org 111.111.7777 Jake Zulu CS 3.00 zulu@jz.sa.org 111.111.9999 John Lee EE 2.64 jlee@j.lee.com 111.111.2222 Sunil Raj ECE 3.36 raj@sr.cs.edu 111.111.3333 Charles Right EECS 3.31 right@cr.abc.edu 111.111.4444 Diane Rover ECE 3.87 rover@dr.xyz.edu 111.111.5555 Aziz Inan EECS 3.75 ainan@ai.aedubc.org 111.111.1111 Lu John CS 3.06 lu.john@xyz.org 111.333.1111 Lee Chow EE 3.74 chow@lc.www.ord 111.333.2222 Adam Giles SS 2.54 giles@cric.org 111.333.3333 Andy John EECS 3.98 john@aj.ece.edu 111.333.4444