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Re: ln: make symbolic links default
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: ln: make symbolic links default |
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Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:36:46 -0700 |
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On 31/03/17 16:29, blastmaster wrote:
>>From eb0411a1bb62afc0fff0c8671c0d51a368f5c80f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: blastmaster <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 01:02:53 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ln: make symbolic links by default:
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> * This commit changes the default behavior of ln.
> Instead of creating hard links the default will now
> create symbolic links.
> If you still want to create hard links the -h option is provided.
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> * We think that it is more natural to create symbolic links instead of
> of hardlinks. Today hardlinks are rarely used. Moreover, its much more
> economical
> to save the writing effort of the additional parameter.
I like it.
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