diff --git a/conf/type/__link/gencode b/conf/type/__link/gencode
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# __file is a very basic type and should be able to be used as an
+# example for typewrites later
+#
+
+destination="/$__object_id"
+
+type="$(cat "$__object/parameter/type")"
+source="$(cat "$__object/parameter/source")"
+
+case "$type" in
+   symbolic)
+      lnopt="-s"
+   ;;
+   hard)
+      lnopt=""
+   ;;
+   *)
+      echo "Unknown type: $type" >&2
+      exit 1
+   ;;
+esac
+
+echo ln ${lnopts} -f \"$source\" \"$destination\"
diff --git a/conf/type/__link/man.text b/conf/type/__link/man.text
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+cdist-type__link(7)
+===================
+Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__link - Create links
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This cdist type allows you to hard and symoblic links. The given
+object id is the destination for the link.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+source::
+   Specifies the link source.
+
+source::
+   Specifies the link type: Either hard or symoblic.
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Create /etc/cdist-configured as an empty file
+__file /etc/cdist-configured --type file
+
+# Same but with a different object id
+__file cdist-marker --type file --destination /etc/cdist-configured
+
+# Use __file from another type
+__file /etc/issue --source "$__type/files/archlinux" --type file
+
+# Supply some more settings
+__file /etc/shadow --source "$__type/files/shadow" --type file \
+   --owner root --group shadow --mode 0640
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+- cdist-type(7)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2011 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
+granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
diff --git a/conf/type/__link/parameter/optional b/conf/type/__link/parameter/optional
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+group
+mode
+owner
+source
+destination
diff --git a/conf/type/__link/parameter/required b/conf/type/__link/parameter/required
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+type