ln -s doesn't act sensibly if given only one filename. % rm -f foo % ln -s foo % ls -l foo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jul 5 13:31 foo -> foo I don't think this behaviour could ever be useful. It would be better to give a usage message if fewer than two arguments are given. Making a hard link with just a single filename fails due to 'file exists', but that too would benefit from a better error message. % ln --version ln (fileutils) 4.1 Written by Mike Parker and David MacKenzie. Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. -- Ed Avis [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
