bug#47703: closed (Mention if ln -s needs -r, or ln -r needs -s)

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Your message dated Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:21:19 +0100
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and subject line Re: bug#47703: Mention if ln -s needs -r, or ln -r needs -s
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #47703,
regarding Mention if ln -s needs -r, or ln -r needs -s
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> Mention if ln -s needs -r, or ln -r needs -s
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> Fri, 09 Apr 2021 19:46:48 +0800
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> man ln says:
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>        -r, --relative
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>        -s, --symbolic
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> Does -s need -r,
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> Hard to tell from the man page.
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> Had to find out the 'hard' way.
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> Please mention the answer on the man page.
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> Thanks.
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#47703: Mention if ln -s needs -r, or ln -r needs -s Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:21:19 +0100 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:84.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/84.0

On 09/04/2021 12:46, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:

man ln says:

        -r, --relative
               create symbolic links relative to link location

        -s, --symbolic
               make symbolic links instead of hard links

Does -s need -r,
or   -r need -s?

Hard to tell from the man page.

Had to find out the 'hard' way.

Please mention the answer on the man page.

Fair point.
Will address with the attached.
Marking this as done.

thanks,
Pádraig

ln-clarify--relative.patch
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