Re: confusing error message from ln

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On Friday 28 October 2005 08:07, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> > commands used to compose this email:
> > $  LC_ALL=et_EE ln -s /inexistent1/path1 /inexistent2/path2
> > $ LC_ALL=C ln -s /inexistent1/path1 /inexistent2/path2
> > ...
> > suggested change:
> > ...
> > or remove the symlink destination from error message:
> > ln: creating symbolic link `/inexistent2/path2': No such file or
> > directory
also in this topic, 'ln -v' outputs confusing message:

$ ln test/jobs/*1.3.34* -v .
create hard link `./htpasswd-apache1-1.3.34-3.1.i686.rpm' to 
`test/jobs/htpasswd-apache1-1.3.34-3.1.i686.rpm'

it created hard link to '.' not 'test/jobs', as it might seem from the message

-- 
glen