Create hard and symbolic links
ln --backup {backup} -b {flag-b} -d {directory} -f {force} -i {interactive} 📎 backup 📎 flag-b 📎 directory 📎 force 📎 interactive ln --backup {backup} -b {flag-b} -d {directory} -f {force} -i {interactive}Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s
system.file.ln system.file.search system.file.process system.file.copy system.file.move system.file.delete | Name | Type | Required | Default | Description | Aliases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
backup | string | No | - | make a backup of each existing destination file | --backup |
flag-b | string | No | - | like --backup but does not accept an argument | -b |
directory | string | No | - | allow the superuser to attempt to hard link directories, if supported by the system | -d, -F, --directory |
force | string | No | - | remove existing destination files | -f, --force |
interactive | string | No | - | prompt whether to remove destinations | -i, --interactive |
logical | string | No | - | dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links | -L, --logical |
no-dereference | file | No | - | treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory | -n, --no-dereference |
physical | string | No | - | make hard links directly to symbolic links | -P, --physical |
relative | string | No | - | with -s, create links relative to link location | -r, --relative |
symbolic | string | No | - | make symbolic links instead of hard links | -s, --symbolic |
suffix | string | No | - | override the usual backup suffix | -S, --suffix |
target-directory | file | No | - | specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links | -t, --target-directory |
no-target-directory | string | No | - | treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always | -T, --no-target-directory |
verbose | string | No | - | print name of each linked file --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit | -v, --verbose |
help | boolean | No | - | --help | |
version | boolean | No | - | --version |
Basic usage with backup
ln ${backup}Display help message
ln --helpln is a command-line utility for create hard and symbolic links.
ln --backup {backup} -b {flag-b} -d {directory} -f {force} -i {interactive}