Warren Parad wrote: > except mv(1) and cp(1) are both "FROM" and then "TO", but ln is backwards > from thi, it is "TO" then "FROM", the least the command could do is put > these in the correct order.
But that is not correct. The order for ln is the same as for cp and mv in that the target getting created is the right side argument. (Unless the -t or -T option is used to do it differently by explicit syntax request. Unless no target is specified in which case dot is assumed. I admit those two "unless" cases complicate the original simplicity. But the normal case is to create the right side argument as the target of the command.) > > it is a one-time effort to learn the order > Opinion, do you want proof that people can't learn this, because they > haven't. The target getting created is the right side argument. If that is not clear from the documentation then improving the documentation is always good. Let me say with some confidence that if the order were changed to create the left argument that people would be very upset that cp and mv created the right side argument but ln created a left side argument! Bob
