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: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Cc: 52115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 52115-submitter <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 22:34:38 -0800

On 11/29/21 14:06, Bob Proulx wrote:
> mv calls it SOURCE and DEST.  cp calls it SOURCE and DEST.  Perhaps ln
> should also call it SOURCE and DEST too for consistency?

That's what ln did long ago, but that wording was deemed too confusing. 
Here's where we changed it to use something more like the current wording:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=519365bb089cf90bdc780c37292938f42019c7ea
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 260 days ago.

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