I don't think this is the same as linking the file. You are not creating a new link to an existing file, you are creating a copy of it and creating a link to th

I don't think this is the same as linking the file. You are not creating a new link to an existing file, you are creating a copy of it and creating a link to that. If you modified the old file after the cp, you wouldn't see the changes in the new one.