Riddle me thisHard links & file moves
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What would you expect the following code to output?

File.WriteAllText("a","1");
DirectoryBackup.CreateHardLink("b", "a", IntPtr.Zero);
File.WriteAllText("a","2");
if(File.Exists("c"))
    File.Delete("c");
File.Move("b","c");
File.WriteAllText("a", "3");
Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("c"));

CreateHardLink is:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool CreateHardLink(string lpFileName, string lpExistingFileName, IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes);
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