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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

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