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.TH LN 1 "November 1998" "GNU fileutils 4.0" "FSF"
.SH NAME
ln \- make links between files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ln
[\fIOPTION\fR]...\fI TARGET \fR[\fILINK_NAME\fR]
.br
.B ln
[\fIOPTION\fR]...\fI TARGET\fR...\fI DIRECTORY\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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.PP
Create a link to the specified TARGET with optional LINK_NAME.  If there is
more than one TARGET, the last argument must be a directory;  create links
in DIRECTORY to each TARGET.  Create hard links by default, symbolic links
with \fB\-\-symbolic\fR.  When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-backup\fR
make a backup of each existing destination file
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR
hard link directories (super-user only)
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
remove existing destination files
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR
treat destination that is a symlink to a directory as if it were a normal file
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR
prompt whether to remove destinations
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-symbolic\fR
make symbolic links instead of hard links
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISUFFIX\fR
override the usual backup suffix
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
print name of each file before linking
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\-control\fR=\fIWORD\fR
override the usual version control
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
The backup suffix is ~, unless set with SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The
version control may be set with VERSION_CONTROL, values are:
.TP
t, numbered
make numbered backups
.TP
nil, existing
numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
.TP
never, simple
always make simple backups
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B ln
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B ln
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info ln
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.