3 files changed, 41 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ln/Makefile b/bin/ln/Makefile
index b177ea8..bfbcef8 100644
--- a/bin/ln/Makefile
+++ b/bin/ln/Makefile
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ PROG=	ln
 MAN1=	ln.1
 MAN7=	symlink.7
 
+LINKS=	${BINDIR}/ln ${BINDIR}/link
+MLINKS=	ln.1 link.1
+
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/bin/ln/ln.1 b/bin/ln/ln.1
index ea9458f..bc8546c 100644
--- a/bin/ln/ln.1
+++ b/bin/ln/ln.1
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 .Dt LN 1
 .Os BSD 4
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm ln
+.Nm ln ,
+.Nm link
 .Nd make links
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm ln
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@
 .Op Fl fsv
 .Ar source_file ...
 .Op target_dir
+.Nm link
+.Ar source_file Ar target_file
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
@@ -122,6 +125,15 @@ 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.
+.Pp
+When the utility is called as
+.Nm link ,
+exactly two arguments must be supplied,
+neither of which may specify a directory.
+No options may be supplied in this simple mode of operation,
+which simply performs a
+.Xr link 2
+operation using the two passed arguments.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr link 2 ,
 .Xr lstat 2 ,
@@ -138,3 +150,7 @@ An
 .Nm
 command appeared in
 .At v1 .
+The simplified
+.Nm link
+command conforms to
+.St -susv2 .
diff --git a/bin/ln/ln.c b/bin/ln/ln.c
index 48dbeae..dc2db0f 100644
--- a/bin/ln/ln.c
+++ b/bin/ln/ln.c
@@ -73,7 +73,24 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	extern int optind;
 	struct stat sb;
 	int ch, exitval;
-	char *sourcedir;
+	char *p, *sourcedir;
+
+	/*
+	 * Test for the special case where the utility is called as
+	 * "link", for which the functionality provided is greatly
+	 * simplified.
+	 */
+	if ((p = rindex(argv[0], '/')) == NULL)
+		p = argv[0];
+	else
+		++p;
+	if (strcmp(p, "link") == 0) {
+		if (argc == 3) {
+			linkf = link;
+			exit(linkit(argv[1], argv[2], 0));
+		} else
+			usage();
+	}
 
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "fsv")) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {
@@ -167,8 +184,9 @@ linkit(target, source, isdir)
 void
 usage()
 {
-	(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n",
+	(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n%s\n",
 	    "usage: ln [-fsv] file1 file2",
-	    "       ln [-fsv] file ... directory");
+	    "       ln [-fsv] file ... directory",
+	    "       link file1 file2");
 	exit(1);
 }