SmartLn creates a UNIX hard link to a file. A link allows a single file to reside in multiple directories simultaneously.
Syntax
SmartLn [-p] sourceFile [sourceFile...] destination
| Arguments | -p | (Obsolete option; this is now built-in behavior.) Creates the parent directory for destination if it doesn't exist. |
| destination | The destination of the file being copied. destination must be a directory when you specify more than one sourceFile. | |
| sourceFile | The file(s) to copy. |
Rather than copy files that must reside in multiple locations, the Taligent build environment uses links to save time and space. If the link fails (usually because the source and destination are on different file systems),
NOTE
Usage
SmartLn uses SmartCopy to make a copy instead.SmartLn creates a destination directory if necessary.
Because SmartLn makes hard links, the source and destination files must be on the same UNIX file system.
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