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author | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-26 06:18:55 +0000 |
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committer | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-26 06:18:55 +0000 |
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diff --git a/bin/ln/ln.1 b/bin/ln/ln.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd85a6b --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/ln/ln.1 @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)ln.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93 +.\" +.Dd December 30, 1993 +.Dt LN 1 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm ln +.Nd make links +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm ln +.Op Fl fs +.Ar source_file +.Op target_file +.Nm ln +.Op Fl fs +.Ar source_file ... +.Op target_dir +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm ln +utility creates a new directory entry (linked file) which has the +same modes as the original file. +It is useful for maintaining multiple copies of a file in many places +at once without using up storage for the +.Dq copies ; +instead, a link +.Dq points +to the original copy. +There are two types of links; hard links and symbolic links. +How a link +.Dq points +to a file is one of the differences between a hard or symbolic link. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Fl f +Unlink any already existing file, permitting the link to occur. +.It Fl s +Create a symbolic link. +.El +.Pp +By default +.Nm ln +makes +.Em hard +links. +A hard link to a file is indistinguishable 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 normally refer to directories and may not span file systems. +.Pp +A symbolic link contains the name of the file to +which it is linked. The referenced file is used when an +.Xr open 2 +operation is performed on the link. +A +.Xr stat 2 +on a symbolic link will return the linked-to file; an +.Xr lstat 2 +must be done to obtain information about the link. +The +.Xr readlink 2 +call may be used to read the contents of a symbolic link. +Symbolic links may span file systems and may refer to directories. +.Pp +Given one or two arguments, +.Nm ln +creates a link to an existing file +.Ar source_file . +If +.Ar target_file +is given, the link has that name; +.Ar target_file +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 will be made +to the last component of +.Ar source_file . +.Pp +Given more than two arguments, +.Nm ln +makes links in +.Ar target_dir +to all the named source files. +The links made will have the same name as the files being linked to. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr link 2 , +.Xr lstat 2 , +.Xr readlink 2 , +.Xr stat 2 , +.Xr symlink 2 , +.Xr symlink 7 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm ln +command appeared in +.At v6 . |