Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 05:20:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: standards/41576: POSIX compliance of ln(1) Message-ID: <200208121220.g7CCK4hB008926@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR standards/41576; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: standards/41576: POSIX compliance of ln(1) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:12:59 +1000 On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 01:05:10PM +0200, Lukas Ertl wrote: > cd /tmp > mkdir foo bar > ln -s foo bla ### now /tmp/bla symlinks to /tmp/foo > ln -sf bar bla ### replace /tmp/bla to point to /tmp/bar, doesn't work Do you know of any systems this `works' on? /bin/ln and /usr/xpg4/bin/ln don't behave this way on Solaris, either. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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