Hi.

On Sat, 30 May 2015 16:44:08 -0500
"John J. Boyer" <john.bo...@abilitiessoft.org> wrote:

> The symlink command does not exist on Debian Jessie. 

alias symlink='ln -s'

Now it does exist. BTW, which OS has the 'symlink' command out of the
box?


> The link command 
> copies files instead of creating symbolic links, even though the man 
> page says otgherwise. 

No, the man page is correct. The purpose of link(1) is to create
hardlinks, which is exactly what it does.


> The hardlink command isn't appropriate for setting 
> up symbolic links from files in different directories to a master file. 

Why should it create symlinks? Hardlink(1) explicitly says that:

hardlink is a tool which replaces copies of a file with hardlinks,
therefore saving space.


> How do i do that?

man 1 ln. You need '-s' option.

Reco


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