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From: djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie)
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Subject: ln -f, corrections
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Date: 23 Jul 90 21:16:06 GMT
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In my last posting, I meant to say that the *SunOS* BSD ln -f allows
hard links to directories, and that POSIX ln always unlinks existing
destination files, unless -i is given, or the file is unwritable and
-f is not given, in which cases it prompts you to allow you to skip the
file.
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David J. MacKenzie <djm@eng.umd.edu> <djm@ai.mit.edu>