---
name: "e2ln"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "e2tools"
version: "0.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/e2ln"
---

# e2ln(1)

create hard links on an ext2 filesystem

## NAME

e2ln - create hard links on an ext2 filesystem

## SYNOPSIS

**e2ln** \[*options*\] *source destination*

## DESCRIPTION

The **e2ln** command is used to create hard links on an ext2 filesystem.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**

  Force the operation to remove any existing files.

- **-s**

  Create a symlink.

- **-v**

  Be verbose.

Note: creating symlinks is not operational at this time.

## 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 ALSO

[**e2tools**(7)](/e2tools/7.md), [**e2mv**(1)](/e2mv/1.md), [**e2ls**(1)](/e2ls/1.md), [**e2mkdir**(1)](/e2mkdir/1.md), [**e2cp**(1)](/e2cp/1.md), [**e2rm**(1)](/e2rm/1.md), [**e2tail**(1)](/e2tail/1.md).

## AUTHOR

The **e2tools** were written by Keith Sheffield \<sheff@pobox.com\>.

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