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Clean up a bit of confusing language and improve .Nd.

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Reviewed by:	keramida
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trhodes 2009-01-13 15:24:35 +00:00
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.Sh NAME
.Nm ln ,
.Nm link
.Nd make links
.Nd link files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl s Op Fl F
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility creates a new directory entry (linked file) which has the
same modes as the original file.
utility creates a new directory entry (linked file) for the file name
specified by
.Ar target_file .
The
.Ar target_file
will be created with the same file modes as the
.Ar source_file .
It is useful for maintaining multiple copies of a file in many places
at once without using up storage for the
.Dq copies ;
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A hard link to a file is indistinguishable from the original directory entry;
any changes to a file are effectively independent of the name used to reference
the file.
Hard links may not normally refer to directories and may not span file systems.
Directories may not be hardlinked, and hard links may not span file systems.
.Pp
A symbolic link contains the name of the file to
which it is linked.