Michael Henry wrote:
Gary Johnson wrote:
On 2007-05-05, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(Warning: In the "ln" command as used here, the target name comes
before the link name. I find this counter-intuitive.)
It's not just me then. I have to think carefully about that every
time I use ln.
I used to find this hard to remember until I realized that 'ln' and 'cp'
are very similar. The 'cp' command copies one or more sources to a
destination; the 'ln' command links one or more sources to a destination
as well. I tend to think of 'ln -s' as "copy using symlinks". The
order and meaning of the arguments is the same between the commands,
which I now find consistent and intuitive.
Michael Henry
The problem is, "cp -v file1 file2" outputs
`file1' -> `file2'
("the data has been copied from file1 to file2") but "ln -sv file1 file2"
outputs
file2 -> file1
("file2 is now a link pointing to file1"). I still have to call up the help or
the manual every time I invoke it.
Best regards,
Tony.
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