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

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 [at] engelschall.com> in 1998 for ePerl.