LN(1) - General Commands Manual # LN(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # ln - make hard and symbolic links to files
SYNOPSIS # ln [-fhLnPs] source [target]
ln [-fLPs] source … [directory]
DESCRIPTION # The ln utility creates a new directory entry (linked file) which has the same modes as the original file. It is useful for maintaining multiple copies of a file in many places at once without using up storage for the copies; instead, a link “points” to the original copy.
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LNDIR(1) - General Commands Manual # LNDIR(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # lndir - create a shadow directory of symbolic links to another directory tree
SYNOPSIS # lndir [-is] [-e exceptfile] fromdir [todir]
DESCRIPTION # The lndir program makes a shadow copy todir of a directory tree fromdir, except that the shadow is not populated with real files but instead with symbolic links pointing at the real files in the fromdir directory tree.
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Ln,
Lchown,
Remove,
Mv,
Rm,
Rename,
Unlink,
Chown,
Lstat,
Chmod,
Du,
Find,
Cp,
Chgrp,
Ls,
Chflags,
Readlink,
Fts_open,
Pax,
Tar,
Symlink SYMLINK(7) - Miscellaneous Information Manual # SYMLINK(7) - Miscellaneous Information Manual
NAME # symlink - symbolic link handling
DESCRIPTION # Symbolic links are files that act as pointers to other files. To understand their behavior, it is necessary to understand how hard links work. A hard link to a file is indistinguishable from the original file because it is a reference to the object underlying the original file name. Changes to a file are independent of the name used to reference the file.
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