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.TH SLN 8 2017-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
sln \- create symbolic links
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI sln " source dest"
.br
.BI sln " filelist"
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B sln
program creates symbolic links.
Unlike the
.BR ln (1)
program, it is statically linked.
This means that if for some reason the dynamic linker is not working,
.BR sln
can be used to make symbolic links to dynamic libraries.
.PP
The command line has two forms.
In the first form, it creates
.I dest
as a new symbolic link to
.IR source .
.PP
In the second form,
.I filelist
is a list of space-separated pathname pairs,
and the effect is as if
.BR sln
was executed once for each line of the file,
with the two pathnames as the arguments.
.PP
The
.B sln
program supports no command-line options.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ln (1),
.BR ld.so (8),
.BR ldconfig (8)
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4b8c67d9	25	.TH SLN 8 2017-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
ec14b270 MK	26	.SH NAME
	27	sln \- create symbolic links
	28	.SH SYNOPSIS
	29	.BI sln " source dest"
09f0c0a3	30	.br
ec14b270 MK	31	.BI sln " filelist"
	32	.SH DESCRIPTION
	33	The
	34	.B sln
	35	program creates symbolic links.
	36	Unlike the
	37	.BR ln (1)
	38	program, it is statically linked.
	39	This means that if for some reason the dynamic linker is not working,
	40	.BR sln
	41	can be used to make symbolic links to dynamic libraries.
2a86152e	42	.PP
42a12f98	43	The command line has two forms.
ec14b270 MK	44	In the first form, it creates
	45	.I dest
	46	as a new symbolic link to
4f6860b5	47	.IR source .
2a86152e	48	.PP
ec14b270 MK	49	In the second form,
	50	.I filelist
	51	is a list of space-separated pathname pairs,
	52	and the effect is as if
	53	.BR sln
	54	was executed once for each line of the file,
	55	with the two pathnames as the arguments.
2a86152e	56	.PP
ec14b270 MK	57	The
	58	.B sln
	59	program supports no command-line options.
	60	.SH SEE ALSO
	61	.BR ln (1),
a3cb0a57 MK	62	.BR ld.so (8),
a3cb0a57 MK	63	.BR ldconfig (8)