Bernhard Voelker wrote:
I disagree here: some people are not that familiar with the differences
between symlinks and hardlinks, okay, but the consequences for using either
type may be quite dramatic later on.
I am not suggesting handing out alternates when you have a
choice. I
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:14:21PM +0200, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 07/14/2018 07:51 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> > Paul Eggert wrote:
> >> On 07/12/2018 02:16 AM, L A Walsh wrote:
> >>> I'm asking why does 'ln' bother to tell the user that they are
> >>> wrong and do nothing useful? Why not
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 01:25:59AM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
I am not suggesting handing out alternates when you have a
choice. I'm suggesting doing something useful in a case where there are
no alternates and no downsides. If you can come up with a case where
a symlink to a directory wou
Michael Stone wrote:
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 01:25:59AM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
I am not suggesting handing out alternates when you have a
choice. I'm suggesting doing something useful in a case where there are
no alternates and no downsides. If you can come up with a case where
a s
