Re: Difference in ln/ln -s semantics

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> According to Vitali Lovich on 2/3/2009 12:30 PM:
>> How about for symlinks: "When creating symbolic links, each TARGET path
>> will be resolved relative to the parent directory of the symbolic link
>> when it is accessed" below the "When creating hard links, each TARGET
>> must exist." text.
>>
>> Is it too sutble that this may be a problem for relative paths?  "ln"
>> man page already contains a link to the symlink man page - but it's
>> probably unlikely that someone using the tool is going to bother looking
>> at the system call behind it.
>
> How about the following patch?  I've pushed it to the next branch, to make
> it easier to review.

Thanks!

> Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
>
> Subject: [PATCH] ln: add details to --help text
>
> * src/ln.c (usage): Mention more about symlink properties.
> * doc/coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Likewise.
> * THANKS: Update.
> Reported by Vitali Lovich.

Nice additions.
You're welcome to push them to master.