Subject: Re: ln.diff for bin/19431
To: Jason R. Fink <jrf@adresearch.com>
From: Klaus Klein <kleink@reziprozitaet.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/19/2002 23:57:19
"Jason R. Fink" <jrf@adresearch.com> writes:
> Index: ln.1
> [...]
Please add the usual blurb to STANDARDS.
> @@ -96,6 +101,7 @@
> argc -= optind;
>
> linkf = sflag ? symlink : link;
> + linkch = sflag ? '-' : '=';
>
> switch(argc) {
> case 0:
Since it's the same condition this should rather be an if-then-else
construct.
> @@ -162,6 +168,8 @@
> warn("%s", source);
> return (1);
> }
> + if (vflag)
> + (void)printf("%s %c> %s\n", source, linkch, target);
>
> return (0);
> }
Now you've made me curious. :-) I thought the whole point was to
resemble the behaviour of GNU fileutils as closely as possible (or
desirable?); fileutils ln prints "create {hard,symbolic} link '%s' to
'%s'". Is there prior art using the format you've chosen?
- Klaus