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).