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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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