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1 .Dd October 8, 2015
2 .Dt LN 1
3 .Os sbase
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm ln
6 .Nd link files
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Nm
9 .Op Fl f
10 .Op Fl L | Fl P | Fl s
11 .Ar target
12 .Op Ar name
13 .Nm
14 .Op Fl f
15 .Op Fl L | Fl P | Fl s
16 .Ar target ...
17 .Ar directory
18 .Sh DESCRIPTION
19 .Nm
20 creates a hard link
21 .Ar name
22 to
23 .Ar target .
24 If no
25 .Ar name
26 is given, a hard link to
27 .Ar target
28 is created in the current directory.
29 If more than one
30 .Ar target
31 is given,
32 .Nm
33 hardlinks them in the existing
34 .Ar directory .
35 .Sh OPTIONS
36 .Bl -tag -width Ds
37 .It Fl f
38 If
39 .Ar name
40 exists and is not a
41 .Ar target ,
42 remove it to allow the link.
43 .It Fl L | Fl P
44 If
45 .Ar target
46 is a symbolic link, create a hard link to the (referenced file) |
47 (symbolic link itself). The former is the default.
48 .It Fl s
49 Create symbolic links instead of hard links.
50 Disables
51 .Fl L
52 and
53 .Fl P ,
54 because their purpose does not apply to symbolic links.
55 .El
56 .Sh SEE ALSO
57 .Xr cp 1 ,
58 .Xr link 2 ,
59 .Xr symlink 2
60 .Sh STANDARDS
61 POSIX.1-2013.