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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
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- -_✓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
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- VERSION_CONTROL environment variable, which can be
- 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
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- Always make simple backups.
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