Eric Blake <e...@byu.net> 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. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
