GNU bug report logs - #52115
Suggestion: LN command should swap TARGET and LINK_NAME if LINK_NAME already exists

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Warren Parad <wparad <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 20:25:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 52115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52115: Suggestion: LN command should swap TARGET and LINK_NAME if LINK_NAME already exists
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:07:55 -0800

On 11/29/21 02:34, Ulf Zibis wrote:
> I think, for beginners it would be less confusing, if the most simple 
> form would be the first.

Unfortunately the simple form "ln TARGET" is quite rarely used, so 
putting it first is likely to confuse beginners even more than what we 
have already. Come to think of it, perhaps we should put the simple form 
last instead of 2nd.
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