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bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink
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Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink |
Date: |
Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:36:31 +0100 |
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On 04/07/2013 08:20 AM, Linda Walsh wrote:
>
>
> Rémy Lefevre wrote:
> [>> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>> Doing that though breaks `ln -sr target1 target2 dir` where dir is a
>>> symlink.
> ]
>> But could you provide me an example where the final component of the link
>> should be resolved ?
> ---
> What happens if 'dir' is a symlink, "-n" is used, and
> '/' (or '/.') is appended to "dir" in the above example?
>
> Would that force 'dir' to be resolved, on the basis that
> '/' would be the final component. Some, might argue that it's a separator
> and not a component, but, historically, the three haven't given
> synonymous semantics.
Yes that does force 'dir' to be resolved,
which is consistent with the non --relative case
where the symlink is resolved to a dir
when both -n and a trailing '/' are used.
ln -sn target1 target2 dir/
thanks,
Pádraig.
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Rémy Lefevre, 2013/04/01
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Pádraig Brady, 2013/04/01
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Rémy Lefevre, 2013/04/01
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Pádraig Brady, 2013/04/01
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Rémy Lefevre, 2013/04/02
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Pádraig Brady, 2013/04/03
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/04/03
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Pádraig Brady, 2013/04/03
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Linda Walsh, 2013/04/07
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink,
Pádraig Brady <=
- bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink, Eric Blake, 2013/04/08