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===Options===

The specification indicates command line options that must be supported:

* {{code|-f}} (force) [[clobbering|Clobbers]] an existing file if the output path specifies an existing file
* {{code|-L}} If a source operand specifies a symbolic link, create a hard link to the link's target file
* {{code|-P}} If a source operand specifies a symbolic link, create a hard link to the symbolic link file
* {{code|-s}} Create symbolic links instead of hard links; causes {{code|-L}} and {{code|-P}} to be silently ignored

If more than one of the mutually-exclusive options {{code|-L}} and {{code|-P}} is specified, the last option specified determines the resulting behavior.

If the {{code|-s}} option is not specified and neither a {{code|-L}} nor a {{code|-P}} option is specified, the implementation defines which of the {{code|-L}} and {{code|-P}} options is used by default.