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	1 .Dd October 8, 2015
	2 .Dt LN 1
	3 .Os sbase
	4 .Sh NAME
	5 .Nm ln
	6 .Nd link files
	7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
	8 .Nm
	9 .Op Fl f
	10 .Op Fl L \| Fl P \| Fl s
	11 .Ar target
	12 .Op Ar name
	13 .Nm
	14 .Op Fl f
	15 .Op Fl L \| Fl P \| Fl s
	16 .Ar target ...
	17 .Ar directory
	18 .Sh DESCRIPTION
	19 .Nm
	20 creates a hard link
	21 .Ar name
	22 to
	23 .Ar target .
	24 If no
	25 .Ar name
	26 is given, a hard link to
	27 .Ar target
	28 is created in the current directory.
	29 If more than one
	30 .Ar target
	31 is given,
	32 .Nm
	33 hardlinks them in the existing
	34 .Ar directory .
	35 .Sh OPTIONS
	36 .Bl -tag -width Ds
	37 .It Fl f
	38 If
	39 .Ar name
	40 exists and is not a
	41 .Ar target ,
	42 remove it to allow the link.
	43 .It Fl L \| Fl P
	44 If
	45 .Ar target
	46 is a symbolic link, create a hard link to the (referenced file) \|
	47 (symbolic link itself). The former is the default.
	48 .It Fl s
	49 Create symbolic links instead of hard links.
	50 Disables
	51 .Fl L
	52 and
	53 .Fl P ,
	54 because their purpose does not apply to symbolic links.
	55 .El
	56 .Sh SEE ALSO
	57 .Xr cp 1 ,
	58 .Xr link 2 ,
	59 .Xr symlink 2
	60 .Sh STANDARDS
	61 The
	62 .Nm
	63 utility is compliant with the
	64 .St -p1003.1-2013
	65 specification.