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Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: symlink patch
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: symlink patch |
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Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:34:01 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
> I find that avoiding 'rm' is usually better, so I'd lean towards ln -s
> -f if it is portable. But it probably isn't...
Originally "ln -f A B" meant "don't worry if A is a directory;
hard-link it to B anyway". Over the years there has been a lot of
confusion about the transition between the old meaning and the current
one, and I still don't entirely trust "ln -f".