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ln - make links between files
ln [OPTION]... TARGET [LINK_NAME]
ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY
Create a link to the specified
TARGET with optional LINK_NAME. If there is more than one TARGET, the last
argument must be a directory; create links in DIRECTORY to each TARGET.
Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic. When creating
hard links, each TARGET must exist.
- -b, --backup
- make a backup of each existing
destination file
- -d, -F, --directory
- hard link directories (super-user only)
- -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=SUFFIX
- override the usual backup suffix
- -v, --verbose
- print name of each file before linking
- -V, --version-control=WORD
- override
the usual version control
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output
version information and exit
The backup suffix is ~, unless set with SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
The version control may be set with VERSION_CONTROL, values are:
- t, numbered
- make numbered backups
- nil, existing
- numbered if numbered backups exist,
simple otherwise
- never, simple
- always make simple backups
Report
bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
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.
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