rm

     drwxr-xr-x  3 mjd users    4096 2007-11-22 21:01 bin

             unsigned int               i_nlink;      3

• This is what the mysterious "link count" is for

     -rwxr-xr-x  2 mjd users       0 2007-12-01 21:01 blookus
     -rwxr-xr-x  2 mjd users       0 2007-12-01 21:01 woogums

• unlink decrements the link count in the inode

• When the link count reaches 0, the file data is scrubbed

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