ln(1)									 ln(1)

Name
       ln - link to a file

Syntax
       ln [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -s ] name1 [name2]
       ln [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -s ] name ... directory

Description
       A link is a directory entry referring to a file.	 A file, together with
       its size and all its protection information may have several  links  to
       it.  There are two kinds of links: hard links and symbolic links.

       By  default  makes hard links.  A hard link to a file is indistinguish‐
       able from the original directory entry.	Any  changes  to  a  file  are
       effective  independent  of  the	name used to reference the file.  Hard
       links may not span file systems and may not refer to directories.

       Given one or two arguments, creates a link to an existing  file	name1.
       If  name2  is  given,  the link has that name.  The name2 may also be a
       directory in which to place the link.  Otherwise it is  placed  in  the
       current	directory.   If	 only  the directory is specified, the link is
       made to the last component of name1.

       Given more than two arguments, makes links to all the  named  files  in
       the  named  directory.	The links made have the same name as the files
       being linked to.

Options
       -f   Forces existing destination pathnames to be removed before linking
	    without prompting for confirmation.

       -i   Write  a prompt to standard output requesting information for each
	    link that would overwrite an existing file. If the	response  from
	    standard  input is affirmative, and if permissions allow, the link
	    is done. The -i option has this effect even if the standard	 input
	    is not a terminal.

       -s   Creates a symbolic link.

	    A  symbolic	 link  contains	 the  name  of the file to which it is
	    linked.  The referenced file is used when  an  operation  is  per‐
	    formed  on	the  link.  A on a symbolic link returns the linked-to
	    file.  An must be done to obtain information about the link.   The
	    call  may  be  used to read the contents of a symbolic link.  Sym‐
	    bolic links may span file systems and may refer to directories.

	    The file access mode for a symbolic link in a local file system is
	    that  of  the current value of The file access mode for a symbolic
	    link in an NFS-mounted file system is 777.	In  either  case,  the
	    system  ignores the file access modes of the symbolic link and the
	    linked-to file always behaves as defined by its file access mode.

See Also
       cp(1), mv(1), rm(1), link(2), readlink(2), stat(2), symlink(2)

									 ln(1)

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