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bug#52115: Suggestion: LN command should swap TARGET and LINK_NAME if LI
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
bug#52115: Suggestion: LN command should swap TARGET and LINK_NAME if LINK_NAME already exists |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:41:50 -0700 |
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > mv calls it SOURCE and DEST. cp calls it SOURCE and DEST. Perhaps ln
> > should also call it SOURCE and DEST too for consistency?
>
> That's what ln did long ago, but that wording was deemed too confusing.
> Here's where we changed it to use something more like the current wording:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=519365bb089cf90bdc780c37292938f42019c7ea
This just proves that there is no perfect solution. It's a flip-flop
with either state having inperfections.
My first thought was how humorous this situation is that due to
complaints about the documentation we would be lead in a circle back
to the beginning when this was changed previously due to complaints
about the documentation.
Bob