Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 01:48:52 -0400 From: Dave Chapeskie <dchapes@ddm.on.ca> To: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@Sarnoff.COM> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improvemnet of ln(1). Message-ID: <19980711014852.14739@ddm.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980710162309.26548A-100000@terra>; from Ron G. Minnich on Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 04:24:52PM -0400 References: <199807101738.KAA12014@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.SUN.3.91.980710162309.26548A-100000@terra>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 04:24:52PM -0400, Ron G. Minnich wrote: > Actually, why not just have ln warn of questionable links in any case. Please NO! I like that most standard unix commands do what I tell them even if I tell them the wrong thing. It puts the onus on me to think about the commands I give. (Unlike in m$. How many people do you know that habitually close editor windows before saving expecting the system to notice and remind them to first save the file? I know quite a few). I've many times used ln(1) to create what you call 'questionable links' on purpose and I'd _hate_ warnings. If someone insists on adding such warnings then do it like mv(1) and cp(1) by adding an option to ln(1) turn it on. -- Dave Chapeskie <dchapes@ddm.on.ca>, DDM Consulting To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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