Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> 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 si
Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
According to Philip Rowlands on 8/21/2007 3:30 PM:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Eric Blake wrote:
>
>> $ 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.
>
> But you t
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Eric Blake wrote:
$ 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.
But you told it to, with -f. Doesn't POSIX require this to succeed?
Cheers,
Phil
___
-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
