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link(1M)		System Administration Commands		      link(1M)

NAME
       link, unlink - link and unlink files and directories

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/link  existing-file new-file

       /usr/xpg4/bin/link  existing-file new-file

       /usr/sbin/unlink file

DESCRIPTION
       The  link  and  unlink  commands link and unlink files and directories.
       Only super-users can use these commands on directories.

       Use link to create a new file that points  to  an  existing  file.  The
       existing-file  and   new-file  operands	 specify the existing file and
       newly-created files.  See OPERANDS.

       link and	 unlink directly  invoke  the  link(2)	and  unlink(2)	system
       calls,  performing  exactly what they are told to do and abandoning all
       error checking. This differs from the  ln(1) command. See  ln(1).

       While linked files and directories can be removed using unlink,	it  is
       safer to use rm(1) and rmdir(1) instead. See  rm(1) and	rmdir(1).

   /usr/xpg4/bin/link
       If  the existing file being hard linked is itself a symbolic link, then
       the newly created file (new-file) will be a hard link to the file  ref‐
       erenced	by  the	 symbolic link, not to the symbolic link object itself
       (existing-file).

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       existing-file	Specifies the name of the existing file to be linked.

       file		Specifies the name of the file to be unlinked.

       new-file		Specifies the name of newly created (linked) file.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See  environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
       that  affect  the  execution  of	 link: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES‐
       SAGES, and NLSPATH.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcs			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

   /usr/xpg4/bin/link
       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWxcu4			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Committed			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Standard		     │See standards(5).		   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       ln(1), rm(1),  link(2),	unlink(2),  attributes(5),  environ(5),	 stan‐
       dards(5)

SunOS 5.11			  9 Oct 2002			      link(1M)
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