---
name: "fai-link"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fai-client"
version: "6.4.3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fai-link"
---

# fai-link(1)

create symlink idempotent

## NAME

fai-link - create symlink idempotent

## SYNOPSIS

**fai-link** SOURCE TARGET

## DESCRIPTION

Check if a symlink from SOURCE to TARGET already exists and do nothing if it's already the same symlink.  If $target is defined, use it as prefix for SOURCE. If $verbose is set, the command prints if no change is to be made.  The order of the arguments are different to the [ln(1)](/ln/1.md) command.\

## SEE ALSO

This program is part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation).  See the FAI manual for more information on how to use fai-monitor.  The FAI homepage is https://fai-project.org.

## AUTHOR

Thomas Lange \<lange@cs.uni-koeln.de\>