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NAME
     ln - make links between files

SYNOPSIS
     ln [OPTION]... [-T] TARGET LINKNAME   (1st form)
     ln [OPTION]... TARGET                  (2nd form)
     ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY     (3rd form)
     ln [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY TARGET...  (4th form)

DESCRIPTION
     In the 1st form, create a  link  to  TARGET  with  the  name
     LINKNAME.   In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the
     current directory.  In the 3rd and 4th forms,  create  links
     to  each TARGET in DIRECTORY.  Create hard links by default,
     symbolic links with --symbolic.  When creating  hard  links,
     each TARGET must exist.

     Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for  short
     options too.

     --backup[=CONTROL]
          make a backup of each existing destination file

     -b   like --backup but does not accept an argument

     -d, -F, --directory
          allow the superuser to attempt to hard link directories
          (note:  will  probably fail due to system restrictions,
          even for the superuser)

     -f, --force
          remove existing destination files

     -n, --no-dereference
          treat destination that is a symlink to a  directory  as
          if it were a normal file

     -i, --interactive
          prompt whether to remove destinations

     -s, --symbolic
          make symbolic links instead of hard links

     -S, --suffix=SUFIX
          override the usual backup suffix

     -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
          specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links

     -T, --no-target-directory
          treat LINKNAME as a normal file




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     -v, --verbose
          print name of each linked file

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     The backup suffix  is  `~',  unless  set  with  --suffix  or
     SIMPLEBACKUPSUFIX.   The  version  control  method may be
     selected  via   the   --backup   option   or   through   the
     VERSIONCONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

     none, off
          never make backups (even if --backup is given)

     numbered, t
          make numbered backups

     existing, nil
          numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

     simple, never
          always make simple backups

AUTHOR
     Written by Mike Parker and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     link(2), symlink(2)

     The full documentation for ln is  maintained  as  a  Texinfo
     manual.   If the info and ln programs are properly installed
     at your site, the command

          info ln

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following



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     attributes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.










































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