ln -f doesn't work on directories, and doesn't return an error condition! The (0) on the left of my prompt is the last return value. If this isn't supposed to work, shouldn't it at least tell you so? Works fine on files...
(0)diverge@~/hi% mkdir foo1 (0)diverge@~/hi% ln -s foo1 foo (0)diverge@~/hi% mkdir foo2 (0)diverge@~/hi% ln -s foo2 foo # This shouldn't work, but silently??? (0)diverge@~/hi% ll total 28 drwxr-xr-x 4 ben ben 4096 Dec 11 12:42 ./ drwxr-xr-x 110 ben ben 16384 Dec 11 12:40 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 ben ben 4 Dec 11 12:41 foo -> foo1/ drwxr-xr-x 2 ben ben 4096 Dec 11 12:42 foo1/ drwxr-xr-x 2 ben ben 4096 Dec 11 12:42 foo2/ (0)diverge@~/hi% ln -sf foo2 foo # No error, no warning, no work. :( (0)diverge@~/hi% ll total 28 drwxr-xr-x 4 ben ben 4096 Dec 11 12:42 ./ drwxr-xr-x 110 ben ben 16384 Dec 11 12:40 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 ben ben 4 Dec 11 12:41 foo -> foo1/ drwxr-xr-x 2 ben ben 4096 Dec 11 12:42 foo1/ drwxr-xr-x 2 ben ben 4096 Dec 11 12:42 foo2/ (0)diverge@~/hi% 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. (0)diverge@~/hi% uname -a Linux diverge.seunglab.mit.edu 2.4.9 #3 Mon Nov 26 17:57:50 EST 2001 (0)i686 unknown Cheers! Nice work on lots of stuff. I couldn't live without y'all :) -Ben -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
