Usage: ln [OPTION]... [-T] TARGET LINK_NAME   (1st form)   or:  ln [OPTION]... TARGET                  (2nd form)   or:  ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY     (3rd form)   or:  ln [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY TARGET...  (4th form)  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 --symbolic.  By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist.  When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist.  Symbolic links  can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is  interpreted in relation to its parent directory. 
 
  Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.       --backup[=CONTROL]      make a backup of each existing destination file   -b                          like --backup but does not accept an argument   -d, -F, --directory         allow the superuser to attempt to hard link                                 directories (note: will probably fail due to                                 system restrictions, even for the superuser)   -f, --force                 remove existing destination files   -i, --interactive           prompt whether to remove destinations   -L, --logical               dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links   -n, --no-dereference        treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if                                 it is a symbolic link to a directory   -P, --physical              make hard links directly to symbolic links   -r, --relative              create symbolic links relative to link location   -s, --symbolic              make symbolic links instead of hard links   -S, --suffix=SUFFIX         override the usual backup suffix   -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY  specify the DIRECTORY in which to create                                 the links   -T, --no-target-directory   treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always   -v, --verbose               print name of each linked file       --help     display this help and exit       --version  output version information and exit    |