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Date:      Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:01:19 -0700
From:      Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx>
To:        "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>
Cc:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, SweeTLeaF <SweeTLeaF@myrealbox.com>, FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: help with ln "linking" Please! [attn manpage authors!]
Message-ID:  <20021008190119.GY81796@vectors.cx>
In-Reply-To: <zgsmzg69y1.mzg@localhost.localdomain>
References:  <20021008011209.B35848-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <zgsmzg69y1.mzg@localhost.localdomain>

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>> (10.08.2002 @ 1151 PST): Gary W. Swearingen said, in 1.4K: <<
> How about this:  ln [-fhinsv] source_filename [link_filename]
> 
> I just TRY to remember them as being bassackwards from the more natural
> order of "ls":  link -> source

i still stand by my method: the file you want the command to create
comes last.

> Anybody else have terms they'd prefer the manual use in both the
> SYNOPSIS and DESCRIPTION?

how about ln [-fhinsv] link_to [link_from]

-Adam


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Adam Weinberger
adam@vectors.cx


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