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1.1     ! root        1: .th LN I 3/15/72
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: ln  \*-  make a link
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd ln
        !             6: name1 [ name2 ]
        !             7: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             8: A link is a directory entry referring
        !             9: to a file; the same file (together with
        !            10: its size, all its protection
        !            11: information, etc)
        !            12: may have several links to it.
        !            13: There is no way to distinguish a link to a file
        !            14: from its original directory entry;
        !            15: any changes in the
        !            16: file are effective
        !            17: independently of the name by which the file is known.
        !            18: .s3
        !            19: .it Ln
        !            20: creates a link to an existing file
        !            21: .it name1.
        !            22: If
        !            23: .it name2
        !            24: is given, the link has that name;
        !            25: otherwise it is placed in the current directory
        !            26: and its name is the last component
        !            27: of
        !            28: .it name1.
        !            29: .s3
        !            30: It is forbidden to link to a directory
        !            31: or to link across file systems.
        !            32: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            33: rm(I)
        !            34: .sh BUGS
        !            35: There is nothing particularly
        !            36: wrong with
        !            37: .it ln,
        !            38: but
        !            39: .it tp
        !            40: doesn't understand about links and makes one copy for
        !            41: each name by which a file is known;
        !            42: thus if the tape is extracted
        !            43: several copies are restored and the information that links were involved
        !            44: is lost.

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