Hi,
martin f krafft madd...@debian.org (23/03/2005):
Sure. For instance, to create a symlink farm, e.g.:
$ tar xjf /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.11.tar.bz2
$ mkdir suspend2-2.6.11
$ cd !$
$ lndir ../kernel-source-2.6.11
reminds me of a similar situation with kernel sources as well.
How does this differ from cp -rs or -rl?
Mike Stone
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How about a real-world human example by way of a use-case? In particular, me.
Just now, I wanted to install MediaWiki on a machine, and use the same
source for multiple virtual hosts (for easy administration security
updates). Their recommendation of the easiest way to do this is to use
the
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 03:15:46PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
also sprach Clint Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.23.1509 +0100]:
If it's useless for everybody in general, I'd think it should go into
coreutils upstream. (readlink moved from debianutils to coreutils,
BTW).
useful you
Package: xutils
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/X11R6/bin/lndir
This file is useful outside of X installations. I thus wonder if we
can move the tool to coreutils (as a sibling to /bin/ln), or, if
it's not considered a coreutil, then maybe to debianutils (as
a sibling to
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 01:10:17PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
This file is useful outside of X installations. I thus wonder if we
can move the tool to coreutils (as a sibling to /bin/ln), or, if
it's not considered a coreutil, then maybe to debianutils (as
a sibling to /usr/bin/readlink).
What
also sprach Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.03.23.1333 +0100]:
What is the point of this utility? Does it differ in any functional
manner from cp -sr?
Sure. For instance, to create a symlink farm, e.g.:
$ tar xjf /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.11.tar.bz2
$ mkdir suspend2-2.6.11
$ cd !$
This file is useful outside of X installations. I thus wonder if we
can move the tool to coreutils (as a sibling to /bin/ln), or, if
it's not considered a coreutil, then maybe to debianutils (as
a sibling to /usr/bin/readlink).
If it's useless for everybody in general, I'd think it should go
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