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bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity) |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:29:58 +0100 |
Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/20/11 15:10, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>> +By default, destinations (locations of new links) should not already
>>> exist.\n\
>>
>> "location" might be construed to mean "directory in which it's created".
>> What do you think of this?
>>
>> By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already
>> exist.\n\
>
> Yes, that's fine.
>
>>> + -n, --no-dereference treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if\n\
>>> + it is a symbolic link to a directory\n\
>>
>> While I like using terms from Usage, using LINK_NAME here
>> might make readers think that it applies only to the 1st form:
>
> That's the intent. -n applies only to the first form;
> it does not apply to destinations in general. -n is
> like -T in that respect.
That's perfect, then ;-)
You can tell I haven't used -n for too long.
Thanks!
- bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity, Jim Meyering, 2011/11/19
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- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity), Michael J Daniel, 2011/11/20
- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity), Jim Meyering, 2011/11/20
- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity), Paul Eggert, 2011/11/20
- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity), Jim Meyering, 2011/11/20
- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity), Paul Eggert, 2011/11/20
- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity),
Jim Meyering <=
- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity), Voelker, Bernhard, 2011/11/21
- bug#9896: acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#9896: ln man page ambiguity), Bob Proulx, 2011/11/20