Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:24:52 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@Sarnoff.COM> To: Shigio Yamaguchi <shigio@wafu.netgate.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improvemnet of ln(1). Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980710162309.26548A-100000@terra> In-Reply-To: <199807101738.KAA12014@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Shigio Yamaguchi wrote: > Ln(1) with -s option makes illegal symbolic link in some case. > Two options are added. Both of them is valid only with -s option. > -r option: make right and relative symbolic link > -a option: make right and absolute symbolic link >Is it improvement I think so. > Is it useful? It would save people some trouble. Actually, why not just have ln warn of questionable links in any case. > Is there any problem made by this solution? Added features are always a concern, but something like this does seem reasonable. ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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