WINLN(1) Cygutils WINLN(1)NAME
winln - create a Windows symbolic link
SYNOPSIS
winln [-svfdFA] TARGET LINKNAME
winln [-svfdFA] TARGET
winln [-svfdFA] TARGET... DIRECTORY
winln [-svfdFA] -t DIRECTORY TARGET...
DESCRIPTION
winln is a drop-in replacement for ln(1), the difference being that
winln creates Windows symbolic links instead of Cygwin ones. Note that
Windows has two kinds of symbolic links: file links and directory
links. winln automatically chooses the correct type of link when the
target exists, but if the target does not exist, you may want to
explicitly specify the kind of link to create. Links to non-existent
targets default to file links.
OPTIONS-s, --symbolic
Create a symbolic (as opposed to hard) link. For compatibility
with ln(1), creating hard links is the default.
-v, --verbose
Print to standard output the names of links created.
-f, --force
Replace existing destination file.
-d, --directory
Create a directory symbolic link.
-F, --file
Create a file symbolic link.
-A, --auto
Automatically determine the type of symbolic link to create. If
the target exists and is a directory, create a directory sym‐
bolic link. Otherwise, create a file symbolic link.
-t, --target-directory
Treat DIRECTORY as the directory in which to create links based
on the remaining arguments.
-T, --no-target-directory
Treat LINKNAME as a normal file always.
-h, --help
Show brief help message.
--version
Display version information
NOT IMPLEMENTED
winln does not implement the following command line arguments from GNU
ln(1):
-b, --backup, -i, --interactive, -L, --logical, -n, --no-dereference,
-P, --physical
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Daniel Colascione
winln is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
winln is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
See the COPYING file for full license information.
AUTHOR
Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
winln 1.3 (cygutils) 2 Apr 2013 WINLN(1)