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Re: why link when have ln
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: why link when have ln |
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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:01:28 -0400 |
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Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> I don't know of any case in which one would prefer to use
> link
link has (sort of) the behavior of the previously suggested --as-is
option: if the target filename exists as a directory, link will fail;
ln will modify the target filename behind your back. (The --as-is
option would also modify the target filename, but only if it
originally ended with "/" - it wouldn't depend on the contents of the
filesystem.)
paul