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.Dd January 26, 2015
.Dt LN 1 sbase\-VERSION
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ln
.Nd link files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl L | Fl P | Fl s
.Ar target
.Op Ar name
.Nm
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl L | Fl P | Fl s
.Ar target ...
.Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
creates a hard link
.Ar name
to
.Ar target .
If no
.Ar name
is given, a hard link to
.Ar target
is created in the current directory.
If more than one
.Ar target
is given,
.Nm
hardlinks them in the existing
.Ar directory .
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl f
If
.Ar name
exists, remove it to allow the link.
.It Fl L | Fl P
If
.Ar target
is a symbolic link, create a hard link to the (referenced file) | (symbolic link itself).
The former is the default.
.It Fl s
Create symbolic links instead of hard links.
Disables
.Fl L
and
.Fl P ,
because their purpose does not apply to symbolic links.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cp 1 ,
.Xr link 2 ,
.Xr symlink 2
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.