method

ln

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ln(src, dest, options = {}) public

Options: force noop verbose

ln(old, new, options = {})

Creates a hard link new which points to old. If new already exists and it is a directory, creates a link new/old. If new already exists and it is not a directory, raises Errno::EEXIST. But if :force option is set, overwrite new.

  FileUtils.ln 'gcc', 'cc', :verbose => true
  FileUtils.ln '/usr/bin/emacs21', '/usr/bin/emacs'

ln(list, destdir, options = {})

Creates several hard links in a directory, with each one pointing to the item in list. If destdir is not a directory, raises Errno::ENOTDIR.

  include FileUtils
  cd '/sbin'
  FileUtils.ln %w(cp mv mkdir), '/bin'   # Now /sbin/cp and /bin/cp are linked.

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# File lib/fileutils.rb, line 293
  def ln(src, dest, options = {})
    fu_check_options options, OPT_TABLE['ln']
    fu_output_message "ln#{options[:force] ? ' -f' : ''} #{[src,dest].flatten.join ' '}" if options[:verbose]
    return if options[:noop]
    fu_each_src_dest0(src, dest) do |s,d|
      remove_file d, true if options[:force]
      File.link s, d
    end
  end

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