LN(C)                    XENIX System V                     LN(C)



     Name
          ln  -  Makes a link to a file.

     Syntax
          ln file1 file2
          ln file1 ... directory

     Description
          A link is a directory entry referring to a file; the same
          file (together with its size, all its protection
          information, etc).  may have several links to it.  There is
          no way to distinguish a link to a file from its original
          directory entry.  Any changes to the file are effective
          independent of the name by which the file is known.

          In the first case, ln creates a link to the existing file,
          file1.  The file2 argument is a new name referring to the
          same file contents as file1.

          In the second case, directory is the location of a directory
          into which one or more links are created with corresponding
          file names.

          You cannot link directories or link across file systems.

     See Also
          cp(C), mv(C), rm(C)




























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