Ln - Command line Hardlinks

Ln - Command line Hardlinks 2.9.3.4

ln is a swiss army knife for hardlinks, symbolic links, junctions when it comes to copying. Further more it provides a incremental copy mechanism called Delorean Copy

  • By Hermann Schinagl
  • Free
  • Updated Nov 29, 2022
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About Ln - Command line Hardlinks

ln is a swiss army knife for hardlinks, symbolic links, junctions when it comes to copying. Further more it provides a incremental copy mechanism called Delorean Copy

What's new in 2.9.3.4

  • Docu update on --anchor and --destination
  • --probefs failed on unknown filesystems
  • ln reports error code when it fails creating hardlinks
  • Introduced a static version of ln.exe for use under e.g. WinPE
  • Changed the behavior related to cirularties. No error message raised, but circularity are broken properly.
  • Multisource aka --destination in combination with --mirror did not work.
  • Symbolic Link creation required admin even in developer mode.
  • Directories can be specified as destination with normal file or symbolic linking.

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Technical details

PublisherHermann Schinagl
Version2.9.3.4
Release date2022-11-29
LicenseFreeware
Installer typeportable
Architecturex64, x86
Package IDHermannSchinagl.ln

Links & install command

Install Ln - Command line Hardlinks from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=HermannSchinagl.ln -e

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