August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
1000 pages
83h 9m
English
/usr/bin/ln [-fns] source-file [target] /usr/bin/ln [-fns] source-file... target /usr/xpg4/bin/ln [-fs] source-file [target] /usr/xpg/bin/ln [-fs] source-file... target
At times it is useful to have one file accessible from several directories. Linking a file can reduce the amount of disk space used and make it easier to maintain consistency in files used by several people. Use the ln (link) command to create links between directory entries in a single file system to make a single file accessible at two ore more locations in the directory hierarchy.
Symbolic links (-s) can link files across file systems. A symbolic link has a name and a location in the directory tree but has ...
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