severity 337474 minor retitle 337474 coreutils: ln: form with final DIR should be better explained stop
The example in question may not be useful but it is not incorrect. Here is a non-pointless use of "ln -s" with a final directory argument. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/w$ mkdir d [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/w$ ln -s a/x a/y d [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/w$ ls -l d total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 jdthood jdthood 3 2005-12-16 21:39 x -> a/x lrwxrwxrwx 1 jdthood jdthood 3 2005-12-16 21:39 y -> a/y I do find this info description wanting: * If the last argument names an existing directory, `ln' creates a link to each TARGET file in that directory, using the TARGETs' names. It should say something like "... creates for each TARGET a link in that directory with the base name of the TARGET and pointing to the TARGET." -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]