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E2LN(1) User commands E2LN(1)

NAME

e2ln - create hard links on an ext2 filesystem

SYNOPSIS

e2ln [options] source destination

DESCRIPTION

The e2ln command is used to create hard links on an ext2 filesystem.

OPTIONS

Force the operation to remove any existing files.
Create a symlink.
Be verbose.

Note: creating symlinks is not operational at this time.

EXAMPLES

This will remove `/data/process_status` if it exists and isn't already a hard link to `/data/info/status`.


e2ln -vf /dev/hdb1:/data/info/status /data/process_status

SEE ALSO

e2tools(7), e2mv(1), e2ls(1), e2mkdir(1), e2cp(1), e2rm(1), e2tail(1).

AUTHOR

The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>.

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

2020-02-05 Linux