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NAME |
ln -- make a link |
SYNOPSIS |
ln name1[ name2 ] |
DESCRIPTION |
ln creates a link to an existing file name1. If name2 isgiven, the link has that name; otherwise it is placed in |
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| the current directory and its name is the last componentof name1. |
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| It is forbidden to link to a directory or to link acrossfile systems. |
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SEE_ALSO |
rm, to unlink |
DIAGNOSTICS |
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BUGS |
There is nothing particularly wrong with ln, but linksdon't work right with respect to the backup system: one |
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| copy is backed up for each link, and (more serious) incase of a file system reload both copies are restored and the information that a link was involved is lost. |
OWNER |
ken, dmr |
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