On 27/04/10 14:16, Hoisko, Sakari (EXT-TietoEnator - FI/Tampere) wrote: > Hi, > > Do you have some reason why -f (forced) parameter works ok if > destionation where link point is a file, then it could update link by > using forced mode. > If destionation where link point is folder then -f parameter not update > link in this situation.
That's because it's first dereferencing the passed symlink. When updating links I use -n like: ln -nsf $new_target link_name cheers, Pádraig.
