link(1) [linux man page]

LINK(1) 							   User Commands							   LINK(1)

NAME

       link - call the link function to create a link to a file

SYNOPSIS

       link FILE1 FILE2
       link OPTION

DESCRIPTION

       Call the link function to create a link named FILE2 to an existing FILE1.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by Michael Stone.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report link bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report link translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       link(2)

       The  full documentation for link is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and link programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info coreutils 'link invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.5						   February 2011							   LINK(1)

READLINK(1)							   User Commands						       READLINK(1)

NAME

       readlink - print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

SYNOPSIS

       readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION

       Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

       -f, --canonicalize
	      canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist

       -e, --canonicalize-existing
	      canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist

       -m, --canonicalize-missing
	      canonicalize  by	following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components exis-
	      tence

       -n, --no-newline
	      do not output the trailing newline

       -q, --quiet,

       -s, --silent
	      suppress most error messages

       -v, --verbose
	      report error messages

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report readlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       readlink(2)

       The full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and readlink programs are properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info coreutils 'readlink invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.5						   February 2011						       READLINK(1)