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Re: feature request: better intuitive syntax LINK=TARGET


From: ✓ Paul Courbis de Bridiers de Villemor
Subject: Re: feature request: better intuitive syntax LINK=TARGET
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:49:03 +0200

You should prefix it by « please dear computer would you please »
Your version is too short

Le jeu. 25 juin 2020 à 08:42, Andrej Surkov <surae@yandex.ru> a écrit :

>    or at least straight variant
>
>    $ ln -s --target TARGET --link LINK
>
>    25.06.2020, 11:33, "Andrej Surkov" <surae@yandex.ru>:
>
>    and what if the name of LINK or TARGET contains ' ' (space)?
>    25.06.2020, 11:16, "Bernhard Voelker" <[1]mail@bernhard-voelker.de>:
>
>    On 2020-06-25 04:35, Andrej Surkov wrote:
>
>          Hi all!
>          ln syntax is very uncertain - every time I use ln I'm confused
>      what is
>          correct "ln -s LINK TARGET" or "ln -s TARGET LINK"! Of cause I
>      can
>          check man ln or ln --help, but what if we add unambiguous
>      syntax, for
>          example
>          ln -s LINK=TARGET
>
>    Not really unabiguous: what if the name of LINK or TARGET contains '='?
>    Have a nice day,
>    Berny
>
> References
>
>    1. mailto:mail@bernhard-voelker.de
>
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