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Chapter 10 Handling Files and -Directories

10.7 Aliasing -files with `ln`

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ln(1) is used to create links between files. These links can -be either hard links or soft (symbolic) links. The differences between the two kinds of -links were discussed in Section 9.3. If you -wanted to make a symbolic link to the directory /var/media/mp3 -and place the link in your home directory, you would do this:

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-% ln -s /var/media/mp3 ~/mp3
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The -s option tells ln to make a -symbolic link. The next option is the target of the link, and the final option is what to -call the link. In this case, it will just make a file called mp3 in your home directory that points to /var/media/mp3. You can call the link itself whatever you want by -just changing the last option.

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Making a hard link is just as simple. All you have to do is leave off the -s option. Hard links may not normally refer to directories or span -file systems, however. To create a hard link /usr/bin/email to -/usr/bin/mutt, simply type the following:

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-# ln /usr/bin/mutt /usr/bin/email
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10.7 Aliasing -files with ln

10.7 Aliasing -files with `ln`