# Create hard links in Julia - Is there another way than via external command run()?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-hard-links-in-julia-is-there-another-way-than-via-external-command-run/12908>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 5, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-hard-links-in-julia-is-there-another-way-than-via-external-command-run/12908 "2018-08-05T04:13:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![oniter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df705f/32.png) [@oniter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oniter)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-hard-links-in-julia-is-there-another-way-than-via-external-command-run/12908/1 "2018-08-05T04:13:36Z")

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Hi all!

Is there a Julia function/way to create a hard link to a file like the ln command under linux?

In the moment I only can do that via the run() cmd.  
I didn’t find anything in the Docs besides symlink().

As always - THX for reading and your helpful hints.

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**Author:** ![andyferris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/andyferris/32/235_2.png) [@andyferris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andyferris)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-hard-links-in-julia-is-there-another-way-than-via-external-command-run/12908/2 "2021-07-14T01:46:50Z")

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You might be right - I just created [https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/41574](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/41574)