e2ln(1)

e2ln1

Create hard links on an ext2 filesystem

Usage

e2ln [options] source destination

Overview

The e2ln command is used to create hard links on an ext2 filesystem.

Options

-f

Force the operation to remove any existing files.

-s

Create a symlink.

-v

Be verbose.

Note: creating symlinks is not operational at this time.

Examples

This will remove `/data/process_status` if it exists and isn't already a hard link to `/data/info/status`.

e2ln -vf /dev/hdb1:/data/info/status /data/process_status

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.1–10
  2. 11–13

Author

The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

From e2tools 0.1.2-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.