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                      3: ln                           Command                           ln
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                      8: Create a link to a file
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                     10: llnn [-ff] _o_l_d_f_i_l_e [_n_e_w_f_i_l_e]
                     11: llnn [-ff] _o_l_d_f_i_l_e ... _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
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                     13: A link lets  you give you a file more  than one name.  The file's
                     14: contents or attributes may be changed via either name.
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                     16: In its first form, ln links  the name newfile to the file that is
                     17: already named oldfile, provided that newfile does not already ex-
                     18: ist.  If  newfile is  omitted, a link  is created in  the current
                     19: directory with the same file name as oldfile, with leading direc-
                     20: tory information removed.
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                     22: In the  second form, ln  links oldfile with an  identical name in
                     23: another  directory.  In  effect, one  file  will ``live''  in two
                     24: directories.
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                     26: If newfile  already exists, -f forces ln to  unlink it and assign
                     27: its name to oldfile.
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                     29: Links to directories or across file systems are impossible.
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                     31: ***** See Also *****
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                     33: commands, cp, ls, mv, rm
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