Gary Johnson wrote:
On 2007-05-05, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(Warning: In the "ln" command as used here, the target name comes before the link name. I find this counter-intuitive.)

It's not just me then. I have to think carefully about that every time I use ln.

I used to find this hard to remember until I realized that 'ln' and 'cp' are very similar. The 'cp' command copies one or more sources to a destination; the 'ln' command links one or more sources to a destination as well. I tend to think of 'ln -s' as "copy using symlinks". The order and meaning of the arguments is the same between the commands, which I now find consistent and intuitive.

Michael Henry

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