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.
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=SUFFIX-
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:
- 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 <bug−coreutils@gnu.org>.
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
should give you access to the complete manual.
| COPYRIGHT |
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Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute
copies of it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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