Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:15:36 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: ln: posixly confused Message-ID: <49AD73C8.7010500@icyb.net.ua>
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Test case. Preparation: $ mkdir linktest $ cd linktest $ mkdir some_dir $ mkdir other_dir The test: $ ln -s some_dir the_link $ ln -s -f other_dir the_link Expected: the_link points to other_dir. Actual result: some_dir contains symlink other_dir -> other_dir. >From ln(1): SYNOPSIS ln [-s [-F]] [-f | -iw] [-hnv] source_file [target_file] ln [-s [-F]] [-f | -iw] [-hnv] source_file ... target_dir I thought that only true directory would trigger the second form. I thought that the second argument being a symlink (to a file or to a directory) should trigger the first form. I also read this: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/ln.html I think that the text there (and in ln(1)) implies what I expected, but this is not spelled out clearly. I am confused. -- Andriy Gapon
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