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NAME

shtool-mkln - GNU shtool enhanced ln(1) replacement

SYNOPSIS

shtool mkln [ -t | --trace ] [ -f | --force ] [ -s | --symbolic ] src-path [ src-path ...] dst-path

DESCRIPTION

This is a ln (1) style command. It is enhanced to provide automatic calculation and usage of relative links with the shortest possible path, if possible. Usually if src-path and dst-path are not absolute paths or at least they share a common prefix except the root directory (‘‘"/"’’). When more than one src-path is specified, all of them are linked into dst-path .

OPTIONS

The following command line options are available.
-t
, --trace

Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.

-f , --force

Force the creation of the link even if it exists. Default is to fail with error.

-s , --symbolic

Create a symbolic link instead of a hard-link.

EXAMPLE

# shell script
shtool mkln -s foo/bar baz/quux

HISTORY

The GNU shtool fixperm command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1998 for ePerl .

SEE ALSO

shtool (1), ln (1).