getting the link for a post?

I have a category labeled specials. I am posting the title of the category on the homepage using

the_title('
', '
'); 

How do I turn that title into a link so that when they click the title it will take them to that post?

Assuming we’re talking about Wordpress, the template tag for the link containing the title of the post is the following:

the permalink did the trick for making the title into a link. then I found I had to include the loop in order to list all the other titles under the category. It’s solved. thanks.