• NAME
  
  ln - make links between files
• SYNOPSIS
  
  ln [OPTION]... [-T] TARGET LINK_NAME   (1st form)
  ln [OPTION]... TARGET                  (2nd form)
  ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY     (3rd form)
  ln [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY TARGET...  (4th form)
• DESCRIPTION
  
  
  
  In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME. In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory. In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY. Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic. When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist.  Symbolic links can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is interpreted in relation to its parent directory.
  
  Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

  --backup[=CONTROL]

  make a backup of each existing destination file

  -b

  like --backup but does not accept an argument

  -d, -F, --directory

  allow the superuser to attempt to hard link directories (note: will probably fail due to system restrictions, even for the superuser)

  -f, --force

  remove existing destination files

  -n, --no-dereference

  treat destination that is a symlink to a directory as if it were a normal file

  -i, --interactive

  prompt whether to remove destinations

  -s, --symbolic

  make symbolic links instead of hard links

  -S, --suffix=SUFFIX

  override the usual backup suffix

  -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY

  specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links

  -T, --no-target-directory

  treat LINK_NAME as a normal file

  -v, --verbose

  print name of each linked file

  --help

  display this help and exit

  --version

  output version information and exit
  
  The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

  none, off

  never make backups (even if --backup is given)

  numbered, t

  make numbered backups

  existing, nil

  numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

  simple, never

  always make simple backups

• AUTHOR
  
  Written by Mike Parker and David MacKenzie.
• REPORTING BUGS
  
  Report ln bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
  GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
  General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
• SEE ALSO
  
  link(2) , symlink(2)
  
  The full documentation for ln is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and ln programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils (aqln invocation(aq
  
  should give you access to the complete manual.

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