    LN(I)                        3/15/72                        LN(I)

    NAME
         ln  -  make a link

    SYNOPSIS
         ln name1 [ name2 ]

    DESCRIPTION
         A  link  is  a directory entry referring to a file; the same
         file (together with its size, all  its  protection  informa-
         tion, etc) may have several links to it.  There is no way to
         distinguish a link to a file from its original directory en-
         try;  any changes in the file are effective independently of
         the name by which the file is known.

         Ln creates a link to an existing file name1.   If  name2  is
         given, the link has that name; otherwise it is placed in the
         current directory and its name  is  the  last  component  of
         name1.

         It  is  forbidden  to  link to a directory or to link across
         file systems.

    SEE ALSO
         rm(I)

    BUGS
         There is nothing particularly wrong with ln, but tp  doesn't
         understand  about  links and makes one copy for each name by
         which a file is known; thus if the tape is extracted several
         copies  are restored and the information that links were in-
         volved is lost.

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