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1. Re: chmod on symlink (score: 171)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:18:40 -0600

The permissions, owner, and group of a symlink are not significant. They are there only because other files have them and symlinks were fitted into the existing framework of being a file. A symlink i

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-06/msg00002.html (4,463 bytes)

2. Re: Attempting to create a symbolic link from a file in current directory to a target directory creates broken symlink (score: 161)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:30:07 -0700

GNU is implementing previously existing behavior. Symbolic links originated in BSD. It is a BSD feature that migrated to System V and then to GNU and elsewhere. The behavior is now standardized by PO

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-01/msg00152.html (9,901 bytes)

3. Re: Bug or feature? replace symlink to directory with ln -fs does not work (score: 161)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 10:22:40 -0600

Just to tie the archive together, here is a previous discussion: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2003-10/msg00000.html Ah, I see. I was confusing Jim's the -n suggestion with your not

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-05/msg00177.html (9,716 bytes)

4. Re: Attempting to create a symbolic link from a file in current directory to a target directory creates broken symlink (score: 157)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:32:16 -0700

Thank you for you bug report. But unfortunately no script was attached to your message. Please follow up to the mailing list again with the commands needed to reproduce the problem. Including your co

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-01/msg00149.html (8,334 bytes)

5. Re: Bug or feature? replace symlink to directory with ln -fs does not work (score: 157)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:43:17 -0600

This has appeared as a portability problem a number of times in the past. If there is any possibility of having a symlink to a directory then the only portable solution is to remove symlinks before c

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-05/msg00171.html (7,512 bytes)

6. Re: mv symlink-to-dir/, debian bug feed (score: 152)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:45:42 -0700

I have mixed thoughts about subscribing GNU's bug-coreutils to the Debian coreutils BTS list. There are good points and bad points and I can think of several of each. It will be more information and

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-01/msg00259.html (7,258 bytes)

7. bug#13742: Is this soft link directory bug? (score: 96)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:18:20 -0700

tag 13742 + moreinfo notabug close 13742 thanks Please do not worry. But there are questions. What is the "ll" command? And alias for "ls -l"? Or an alias for "ls -lF"? Or something different? What i

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2013-02/msg00067.html (9,384 bytes)

8. bug#6138: mv while maintaining relative symbolic links (score: 49)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 16:03:25 -0600

severity 6138 wishlist thanks file /tmp/A/file1.txt symlink /tmp/file1.txt -> A/file.txt But I think you meant to say: file /tmp/A/file1.txt symlink /tmp/file1.txt -> A/file1.txt After moving /tmp/A

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2010-05/msg00028.html (8,016 bytes)

9. Re: command "ls" bug (score: 44)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:36:14 -0700

Okay so far. Okay. This will create a symlink ./this/a with a value of "a". That is almost certainly not what you want to do. Right. In the "./this" directory the "./a" symlink points to "a" making i

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-12/msg00211.html (6,606 bytes)

10. bug#10311: RFE: Give chmod a "-h" option as well (score: 34)

Author: HIDDEN

Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:30:05 -0700

severity 10311 wishlist thanks There are several important points concerning symlinks, the mode bits, chmod(1) and chmod(2). * The mode bits of a symlink are not used. The original Unix authors ignor

/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2011-12/msg00087.html (8,563 bytes)