| -b |
make a backup of each existing destination file
but does not accept an argument
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| -d, -F |
allow the superuser to attempt to hard link
directories (note: will probably fail due to
system restrictions, even for the superuser)
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| -f |
remove existing destination files
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| -i |
prompt whether to remove destinations
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| -L |
dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links
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| -n |
treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory
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| -P |
make hard links directly to symbolic links
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| -r |
with -s, create links relative to link location
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| -s |
make symbolic links instead of hard links
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| -S SUFFIX |
override the usual backup suffix
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| -t DIRECTORY |
specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links
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| -T |
treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always
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| -v |
print name of each linked file
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