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bug#6052: Is this "ln" bug?
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#6052: Is this "ln" bug? |
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Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:20:07 +0100 |
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On 27/04/10 14:16, Hoisko, Sakari (EXT-TietoEnator - FI/Tampere) wrote:
> Hi,
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> Do you have some reason why -f (forced) parameter works ok if
> destionation where link point is a file, then it could update link by
> using forced mode.
> If destionation where link point is folder then -f parameter not update
> link in this situation.
That's because it's first dereferencing the passed symlink.
When updating links I use -n like:
ln -nsf $new_target link_name
cheers,
Pádraig.