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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)

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