Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:56:28 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: link to dos2unix Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903011055340.33086@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <49AA4EAB.8080009@a1poweruser.com> References: <49AA4EAB.8080009@a1poweruser.com>
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> long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. > ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u > This command is accepted without error, but when it execute it > d2u xxxx.txt > I get message ==oops you renamed me using unix2dos instead. > I also tried > ln -s /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u > and got same results. ls -l does not show dos2unix as linked all ready. > > What am I doing wrong here? it HAS to be called dos2unix - this program reacts on the name it was called as because dos2unix and unix2dos are the same binary. if called as d2u - it doesn't know what to do. use shell aliases
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