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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Message #74 received at 52115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: 52115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 52115-submitter <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52115: Suggestion: LN command should swap TARGET and
 LINK_NAME if LINK_NAME already exists
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:39:00 -0700

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > The more I think about it the more I think it should say CONTENT
> > rather than either TARGET or SOURCE.  Because it is actually setting
> > the content of the symbolic link.
> 
> A hard link doesn't have content.

But we are talking about symbolic links which do have content.

Bob
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