GNU bug report logs - #79060
ln documentation 2nd form does not work

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Mason Wong <masonwong1999 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>
To: Mason Wong <masonwong1999 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 79060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79060: ln documentation 2nd form does not work
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:07:39 +0200

Hello Mason,

as the manual says "In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory.":

mkdir x
touch y
cd x
ln ../y

Works!

Best regards,

Martin
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