On November 27, 2021 9:41:07 AM GMT+01:00, Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> wrote: >On 11/25/21 15:10, Warren Parad wrote: >> except mv(1) and cp(1) are both "FROM" and then "TO", but ln is backwards >> from thi, it is "TO" then "FROM" > >No, ln is exactly like mv and cp here: the source is the first argument, >and the destination is the second. > >If this isn't clear, perhaps we should make the documentation clearer; >but we shouldn't change ln's behavior, as many people and programs rely >on the current behavior, and the current behavior is more logical once >you understand how file systems work.
Just as an anecdote, for me personally the confusion about source and destination had its primary source in the way ls -l displays links as dest -> src. Since the direction of that arrow has been the same since basically forever, I don't think that should be changed, so I don't have any suggestions how this could possibly be "fixed". Regards, Rainer
