Re: idiosyncratic "ln" not making hard links

[Elizabeth Barham <soggytrousers@yahoo.com>]

Jamin W.Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> writes:

> | :~$ touch k
> | :~$ ln k y
> | :~$ ln --version
> | ln (fileutils) 4.1
> | Written by Mike Parker and David MacKenzie.
> | 
> | Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> | This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
> | NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> | PURPOSE.
> 
> Works fine here.

Any idea of what might be causing ln not to work correctly on my
system?

Elizabeth