-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Contrast the following:
$ mkdir a b c $ echo 1 > a/f $ echo 2 > b/f $ cp -v a/f b/f c --remove-destination `a/f' -> `c/f' cp: will not overwrite just-created `c/f' with `b/f' with the similar: $ rm c/f $ ln -vf a/f b/f c `c/f' => `a/f' `c/f' => `b/f' $ cat c/f 2 Oops - we overwrote the just-created c/f with a link to b/f. Similarly with ln -s, where we lose the just-created link to a/f. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGy1Dd84KuGfSFAYARAtiRAJ9fJq8E/+VwDD7RtvtddyvB8SxeogCgp4jl 4XHUCBCtF56kPXjG+3vG8c4= =TWFp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
