| .Dd 2015-10-08 |
| .Dt LN 1 |
| .Os sbase |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm ln |
| .Nd link files |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm |
| .Op Fl f |
| .Op Fl L | Fl P | Fl s |
| .Ar target |
| .Op Ar name |
| .Nm |
| .Op Fl f |
| .Op Fl L | Fl P | Fl s |
| .Ar target ... |
| .Ar directory |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm |
| creates a hard link |
| .Ar name |
| to |
| .Ar target . |
| If no |
| .Ar name |
| is given, a hard link to |
| .Ar target |
| is created in the current directory. |
| If more than one |
| .Ar target |
| is given, |
| .Nm |
| hardlinks them in the existing |
| .Ar directory . |
| .Sh OPTIONS |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It Fl f |
| If |
| .Ar name |
| exists and is not a |
| .Ar target , |
| remove it to allow the link. |
| .It Fl L | Fl P |
| If |
| .Ar target |
| is a symbolic link, create a hard link to the (referenced file) | |
| (symbolic link itself). The former is the default. |
| .It Fl s |
| Create symbolic links instead of hard links. |
| Disables |
| .Fl L |
| and |
| .Fl P , |
| because their purpose does not apply to symbolic links. |
| .El |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr cp 1 , |
| .Xr link 2 , |
| .Xr symlink 2 |
| .Sh STANDARDS |
| The |
| .Nm |
| utility is compliant with the |
| .St -p1003.1-2013 |
| specification. |