On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 18:25, Bert Wesarg <bert.wes...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm failing in creating a symlink where the destination is a directory > and do a backup of this directory. This is what I tried: > > $ mkdir a > $ ln -s --no-target-directory --backup=numbered b a > ln: `a': cannot overwrite directory > > Looking at the code I can seen the reason, the backup rename() is > never executed, because the check whether the target is a directory > comes first. > > Any hints whether this is a bug of ln or how I can create the link > while preserving the destination as an backup are more than welcomed. > > Thanks. > Bert > Thanks to all for the release. But can someone please have a look at my problem?
Bert
