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bug#6052: Is this "ln" bug?


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: bug#6052: Is this "ln" bug?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:04:57 +0200
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"Hoisko, Sakari (EXT-TietoEnator - FI/Tampere)"
<address@hidden> writes:

>       As you could see link still point to "EKA_DIR"... it should
> point to "TOKA_DIR" because there was -f parameter defined in ln
> command. 

You didn't use --no-dereference (-n), thus the symbolic link was first
dereferenced, resolving to a directory, and the link was created in this
directory.

Andreas.

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