E2LN(1)

💖 E2LN — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is e2ln, part of the e2tools squad, and it lives in section 1 of the manual (User commands, iykyk). it's the ext2 filesystem's very own link-making girlie ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

e2ln — create hard links on an ext2 filesystem. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

e2ln [options] source destination

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, the e2ln command is used to create hard links on an ext2 filesystem. main character energy fr fr. you give it a source and a destination, and it does its little link thing. 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -f — Force the operation to remove any existing files. like, no hesitation, no mercy, it's giving "move i'm gay" but for files 😭
• -s — Create a symlink. (see the note below tho, bestie 👀)
• -v — Be verbose. she will literally tell you everything she's doing and honestly? we love a transparent queen 💖

Note: creating symlinks is not operational at this time. so -s? lowkey just sitting there, pretty and decorative. don't count on it. 🚫✨

🌈 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

see how it's combining -v and -f? verbose AND forceful. she's got range. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• e2tools(7)
• e2mv(1)
• e2ls(1)
• e2mkdir(1)
• e2cp(1)
• e2rm(1)
• e2tail(1)

go read those too, they're all part of the same friend group 💜

💜 AUTHOR 💜

The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>. iconic. ✨

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). slay, Debian. 🎀

okay that's the whole page, no notes 💖 this one came from the Linux manpage set, dated 2020-02-05, and it's the E2LN(1) entry in section 1 (User commands). mwah, go make some hard links bestie 😘🌈💅