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- NAME
- ln - make links between files
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- SYNOPSIS
- ln [options] source [dest]
- ln [options] source... directory
- Options:
- [-bdfisvF] [-S backup-suffix] [-V
- {numbered,existing,simple}] [--version-
- control={numbered,existing,simple}] [--backup] [--directory]
- [--force] [--interactive] [--symbolic] [--verbose]
- [--suffix=backup-suffix]
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- DESCRIPTION
- This manual page documents the GNU version of ln. If the
- last argument names an existing directory, ln links each
- other given file into a file with the same name in that
- directory. If only one file is given, it links that file
- into the current directory. Otherwise, if only two files
- are given, it links the first onto the second. It is an
- error if the last argument is not a directory and more than
- two files are given. It makes hard links by default. By
- default, it does not remove existing files.
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- OPTIONS
- -_b, --_b_a_c_k_u_p
- Make backups of files that are about to be removed.
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- -_d, -_F, --_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
- Allow the super-user to make hard links to directories.
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- -_f, --_f_o_r_c_e
- Remove existing destination files.
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- -_i, --_i_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e
- Prompt whether to remove existing destination files.
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- -_s, --_s_y_m_b_o_l_i_c
- Make symbolic links instead of hard links.
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- -_v, --_v_e_r_b_o_s_e
- Print the name of each file before linking it.
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- -_S, --_s_u_f_f_i_x _b_a_c_k_u_p-_s_u_f_f_i_x
- The suffix used for making simple backup files can be
- set with the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable,
- which can be overridden by this option. If neither of
- those is given, the default is `~', as it is in Emacs.
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- '-_V, --_v_e_r_s_i_o_n-_c_o_n_t_r_o_l {_n_u_m_b_e_r_e_d,_e_x_i_s_t_i_n_g,_s_i_m_p_l_e}"
- The type of backups made can be set with the
- VERSION_CONTROL environment variable, which can be
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- overridden by this option. If VERSION_CONTROL is not
- set and this option is not given, the default backup
- type is `existing'. The value of the VERSION_CONTROL
- environment variable and the argument to this option
- are like the GNU Emacs `version-control' variable; they
- also recognize synonyms that are more descriptive. The
- valid values are (unique abbreviations are accepted):
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- `t' or `numbered'
- Always make numbered backups.
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- `nil' or `existing'
- Make numbered backups of files that already have
- them, simple backups of the others.
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- `never' or `simple'
- Always make simple backups.
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- The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well as
- `--', for compatibility with previous releases. Eventually
- support for `+' will be removed, because it is incompatible
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