Alexander Thiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Actually, AIX version 4 behaves differently. Now that you asked for it I
| checked the man page and it states:
|
| 2. If TargetDirectory is already a symbolic link to a directory, then
| the ln command treats the existing target as a file. This means that
| a command such as ln -fs somepath/lname symdir will not follow the
| existing symbolic link of symdir, instead it will create a new symbolic
| link from somepath/lname to symdir.
To get the same effect with GNU ln, you have to use the
--no-dereference (-n) option, e.g., ln -nfs ...
