GNU Emacs Manual - File Aliases Go to the first , previous , next , last section, table of contents . File Name Aliases Symbolic links and hard links both make it possible for several file names to refer to the same file.
More complex cases occur when symbolic links point to directories.
If you visit two names for the same file, normally Emacs makes two different buffers, but it warns you about the situation. Then find-file uses the existing buffer visiting the file, no matter which of the file's names you specify. Go to the first , previous , next , last section, table of contents .