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-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
-.TH LN "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
-.SH NAME
-ln \- make links between files
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ln
-[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI-T\fR] \fITARGET LINK_NAME (1st form)\fR
-.br
-.B ln
-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITARGET (2nd form)\fR
-.br
-.B ln
-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITARGET\fR... \fIDIRECTORY (3rd form)\fR
-.br
-.B ln
-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI-t DIRECTORY TARGET\fR... \fI(4th form)\fR
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.\" Add any additional description here
-.PP
-In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME.
-In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory.
-In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.
-Create hard links by default, symbolic links with \fB\-\-symbolic\fR.
-When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist.
-.PP
-Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fICONTROL\fR]
-make a backup of each existing destination file
-.TP
-\fB\-b\fR
-like \fB\-\-backup\fR but does not accept an argument
-.TP
-\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR
-allow the superuser to attempt to hard link
-directories (note: will probably fail due to
-system restrictions, even for the superuser)
-.TP
-\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
-remove existing destination files
-.TP
-\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR
-treat destination that is a symlink to a
-directory as if it were a normal file
-.TP
-\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR
-prompt whether to remove destinations
-.TP
-\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-symbolic\fR
-make symbolic links instead of hard links
-.TP
-\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISUFFIX\fR
-override the usual backup suffix
-.TP
-\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-target\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
-specify the DIRECTORY in which to create
-the links
-.TP
-\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-no\-target\-directory\fR
-treat LINK_NAME as a normal file
-.TP
-\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
-print name of each linked file
-.TP
-\fB\-\-help\fR
-display this help and exit
-.TP
-\fB\-\-version\fR
-output version information and exit
-.PP
-The backup suffix is `~', unless set with \fB\-\-suffix\fR or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
-The version control method may be selected via the \fB\-\-backup\fR option or through
-the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
-.TP
-none, off
-never make backups (even if \fB\-\-backup\fR is given)
-.TP
-numbered, t
-make numbered backups
-.TP
-existing, nil
-numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
-.TP
-simple, never
-always make simple backups
-.SH AUTHOR
-Written by Mike Parker and David MacKenzie.
-.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
-Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.br
-This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
-the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
-There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-link(2), symlink(2)
-.PP
-The full documentation for
-.B ln
-is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
-.B info
-and
-.B ln
-programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-.IP
-.B info ln
-.PP
-should give you access to the complete manual.