Element: <link>

Syntax


<!ELEMENT link           (option?, target+, name)>
<!ATTLIST link
          base           CDATA #IMPLIED
          type           CDATA #IMPLIED>

This element occurs in the elements alfs, else, stage. and then

See also : option, target, name.

Description

The element link allows to create a (hard or symbolic) link.

The attribute base specify the directory in which the link creation is performed.

The attribute type specify if the link is symbolic (the attribute value is "symbolic" or not specified) or not (if the attribute value is "hard")

The following two options are supported :

The sub-element target gives the name(s) of the targets.

The sub-element name gives the name of the link. When there are several targets, this must be the name of a directory, in which the links to the targets will be created.

Examples


<link>
        <target>share/man</target>
        <target>share/doc</target>
        <target>share/info</target>
        <name>/usr/local</name>
</link>

The equivalent bash script is :

echo 'Linking  share/man share/doc share/info into /usr/local'
ln -s  share/man share/doc share/info /usr/local