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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
+.TH LN "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+ln \- make links between files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B ln
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI-T\fR] \fITARGET LINK_NAME (1st form)\fR
+.br
+.B ln
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITARGET (2nd form)\fR
+.br
+.B ln
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITARGET\fR... \fIDIRECTORY (3rd form)\fR
+.br
+.B ln
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI-t DIRECTORY TARGET\fR... \fI(4th form)\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.PP
+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 \fB\-\-symbolic\fR.
+When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist.
+.PP
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fICONTROL\fR]
+make a backup of each existing destination file
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR
+like \fB\-\-backup\fR but does not accept an argument
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR
+allow the superuser to attempt to hard link
+directories (note: will probably fail due to
+system restrictions, even for the superuser)
+.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\-t\fR, \fB\-\-target\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
+specify the DIRECTORY in which to create
+the links
+.TP
+\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-no\-target\-directory\fR
+treat LINK_NAME as a normal file
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
+print name of each linked file
+.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 \fB\-\-suffix\fR or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
+The version control method may be selected via the \fB\-\-backup\fR option or through
+the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
+.TP
+none, off
+never make backups (even if \fB\-\-backup\fR is given)
+.TP
+numbered, t
+make numbered backups
+.TP
+existing, nil
+numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
+.TP
+simple, never
+always make simple backups
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by Mike Parker and David MacKenzie.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.br
+This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+link(2), symlink(2)
+.PP
+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.