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- ln - make links between files
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- l✓ln✓n [options] source [dest]
- l✓ln✓n [options] source... directory
- Options:
- [-bdfisvF] [-S backup-suffix] [-V {num-
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- control={numbered,existing,simple}] [--backup] [--direc-
- tory] [--force] [--interactive] [--symbolic] [--verbose]
- [--suffix=backup-suffix] [--help] [--version]
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- D✓DE✓ES✓SC✓CR✓RI✓IP✓PT✓TI✓IO✓ON✓N
- This manual page documents the GNU version of l✓ln✓n. If the
- last argument names an existing directory, l✓ln✓n 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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- _✓-_✓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 directo-
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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
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- _✓-_✓s_✓, _✓-_✓-_✓s_✓y_✓m_✓b_✓o_✓l_✓i_✓c
- Make symbolic links instead of hard links. This
- option produces an error message on systems that do
- not support symbolic 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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- _✓-_✓-_✓h_✓e_✓l_✓p Print a usage message on standard output and exit
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- _✓-_✓-_✓v_✓e_✓r_✓s_✓i_✓o_✓n
- Print version information on standard output then
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- The suffix used for making simple backup files can
- be set with the S✓SI✓IM✓MP✓PL✓LE✓E_✓_B✓BA✓AC✓CK✓KU✓UP✓P_✓_S✓SU✓UF✓FF✓FI✓IX✓X 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 V✓VE✓ER✓R-✓-
- S✓SI✓IO✓ON✓N_✓_C✓CO✓ON✓NT✓TR✓RO✓OL✓L environment variable, which can be
- overridden by this option. If V✓VE✓ER✓RS✓SI✓IO✓ON✓N_✓_C✓CO✓ON✓NT✓TR✓RO✓OL✓L is
- not set and this option is not given, the default
- backup type is `existing'. The value of the V✓VE✓ER✓R-✓-
- S✓SI✓IO✓ON✓N_✓_C✓CO✓ON✓NT✓TR✓RO✓OL✓L 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
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