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Mention if ln -s needs -r, or ln -r needs -s

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Message #10 received at 47703-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 47703-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47703: Mention if ln -s needs -r, or ln -r needs -s
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:21:19 +0100

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On 09/04/2021 12:46, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> man ln says:
> 
>         -r, --relative
>                create symbolic links relative to link location
> 
>         -s, --symbolic
>                make symbolic links instead of hard links
> 
> Does -s need -r,
> or   -r need -s?
> 
> Hard to tell from the man page.
> 
> Had to find out the 'hard' way.
> 
> Please mention the answer on the man page.

Fair point.
Will address with the attached.
Marking this as done.

thanks,
Pádraig

[ln-clarify--relative.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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