Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 01:25:05 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>, Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> Subject: Re: help with ln "linking" Please! [attn manpage authors!] Message-ID: <20021008222505.GK83241@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <200210082214.g98MEngt064064@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <zgsmzg69y1.mzg@localhost.localdomain> <200210082214.g98MEngt064064@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On 2002-10-09 00:14, Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> wrote: > Gary W. Swearingen <swear@attbi.com> wrote: > > > > How about this: ln [-fhinsv] source_filename [link_filename] > > FWIW, the source doesn't have to be a file at all, in the > case of symbolic links. I think the correct term is "link > target" in that case -- that's how it is called in the > standards (POSIX, SUSvX etc.). True. /etc/malloc.conf is a nice example of cases that this holds true, and the 'source' doesn't have to be a real file, or exist at all for that matter. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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