ln - ln

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

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NAME

ln − ln

SYNOPSIS

ln [OPTION]... [-T] TARGET LINK_NAME

DESCRIPTION

Make links between files.

ln [OPTION]... TARGET ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY ln [OPTION]... −t DIRECTORY TARGET...

Arguments:

<files>...

OPTIONS

−−backup[=<CONTROL>]

make a backup of each existing destination file

−b

like −−backup but does not accept an argument

−f, −−force

remove existing destination files

−i, −−interactive

prompt whether to remove existing destination files

−n, −−no−dereference

treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory

−L, −−logical

follow TARGETs that are symbolic links

−P, −−physical

make hard links directly to symbolic links

−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 always

−r, −−relative

create symbolic links relative to link location

−v, −−verbose

print name of each linked file

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version

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. By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist. 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.

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

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