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diff --git a/man/ln.1 b/man/ln.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb837ea --- /dev/null +++ b/man/ln.1 @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" 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. |