> multiple unrelated (i.e. not hard links but truly disjoint directory entries) directory entries referencing the same i-node That's what a hard link is. What

> multiple unrelated (i.e. not hard links but truly disjoint directory entries) directory entries referencing the same i-node That's what a hard link is. What we call hard links in Unix/Linux is when you have multiple distinct directory entries referencing the same inode.