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A Practical Guide to Red Hat® Linux® 8
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A Practical Guide to Red Hat® Linux® 8

by Mark G. Sobell
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1616 pages
39h 57m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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ln

Makes a link to a file

ln [options] existing-file new-link

ln [options] existing-file-list directory

The first format creates a link between an existing file and a new filename. The second format links existing files into a different directory. The new links have the same simple filenames as the original files but have different full pathnames.

By default ln makes hard links. A hard link to a file is indistinguishable from the original filename. All hard links to a file must be in the same filesystem as the original file.

You can also use ln to create symbolic links. Unlike a hard link, a symbolic link can exist in a different filesystem from the linked-to file. Also, a symbolic link can connect to a directory. Refer to page 126 for more ...

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