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User Commands                                               LN(1)



NAME
     ln - make links between files

SYNOPSIS
     ln [OPTION]... [-T] TARGET LINK_NAME   (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
     LINK_NAME.   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.  Symbolic links can hold arbitrary
     text; if later resolved, a relative link is  interpreted  in
     relation to its parent directory.

     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

     -i, --interactive
          prompt whether to remove destinations

     -L, --logical
          make hard links to symbolic link references

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

     -P, --physical
          make hard links directly to symbolic links

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

     -S, --suffix=SUFFIX



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          override the usual backup suffix

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

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

     -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
     SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.   The  version  control  method may be
     selected  via   the   --backup   option   or   through   the
     VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

     Using -s ignores -L and  -P.   Otherwise,  the  last  option
     specified  controls  behavior  when the source is a symbolic
     link, defaulting to -P.

     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 ln bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License



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     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, 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 coreutils ln invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ___________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Availability       |  file/gnu-coreutils |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted        |
    |____________________|_____________________|

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























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