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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: link (ln) with *one* name?
Message-ID: <13542@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 12 Aug 90 19:32:22 GMT
References: <5698@uwm.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <5698@uwm.edu> jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) writes:
-     ln [ -s ] sourcename [ targetname ]
-     Given one or two arguments, ln creates a link to an existing
-     file sourcename.  If targetname is given, the link has that
-     name; targetname may also be a directory in which to place
-     the link; otherwise it is placed in the current directory.
-Um, excuse me, but *what* link to _sourcename_?????  Seems to me you need
-a minimum of two (2) arguments here to do anything useful.

The description TELLS you what happens.
It is extremely easy to try this out and empirically determine what happens.