GNU bug report logs - #7634
anomaly ln command

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Baggia Nate <baggianate <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Baggia Nate <baggianate <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7634 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7634: anomaly ln command
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:22:55 +0000

On 13/12/10 14:02, Baggia Nate wrote:
> Hello,
> work with Fedora (version 14) and I noticed that the command:
> 
> *ln -fs /path/from /path/to*
> 
> does not actually remove the target path.
> In my case the */path/to* correspond to another symbolic link (*/path/other*
> ).
> Why not work even if given the option *-f* (*--force*) flag?
> Ascolta
> Trascrizione fonetica
> 

Do you also need the -n option?
My default `ln` usage is -nfs

cheers,
Pádraig.
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