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bug#52115: Suggestion: LN command should swap TARGET and LINK_NAME if LI


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#52115: Suggestion: LN command should swap TARGET and LINK_NAME if LINK_NAME already exists
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:07:55 -0800
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On 11/29/21 02:34, Ulf Zibis wrote:
I think, for beginners it would be less confusing, if the most simple form would be the first.

Unfortunately the simple form "ln TARGET" is quite rarely used, so putting it first is likely to confuse beginners even more than what we have already. Come to think of it, perhaps we should put the simple form last instead of 2nd.





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