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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:13:15 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net>
Cc:        <chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ln(1) manpage
Message-ID:  <15078.2187.658770.540065@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0104241901540.19045-100000@aphex.newgold.net>
References:  <Pine.BSO.4.33.0104241901540.19045-100000@aphex.newgold.net>

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Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net> types:
> In situations such as ln(1), where there's a symlink that makes the
> command perform differently, as is the case with 'link', wouldn't it make
> sense to move that information to link(1) manpage? Someone doing man ln
> probably doesn't care about what link does, and view versa, no? They
> could, however, have it in the '.SH SEE ALSO' section. That's what it's
> for, yeah?

ln and link are the same command (check the inode numbers). Do you
really think we ought to have two man pages for the same command when
it's such a simple command?

	<mike
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