file system, Unix A directory tree that contains mostly

symbolic links to files in a master directory tree of files.

Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly

identical copies of the same source tree - for example, when

the only difference is architecture-dependent object files.

They also mean that changes to the master tree are instantly

visible in the link farm. Good text editors provide the

option to replace a link with a new version of the target file

when saving thus allowing the farm to have its own versions of

just those files that differ from the master tree.