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Report a bug in the ln command
From: |
Laemmerhirt, Kai |
Subject: |
Report a bug in the ln command |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Aug 2009 01:54:55 +0200 |
Hello,
in the already existing directory /srv/backup/home I wanted to create a
link for the user eddi to eddis home directory for data backup
reasons. In order not to change into the target directory I used the
following command:
ln -sf /home/eddi /srv/backup/home/eddi
The link eddi was created as expected -in /srv/backup/home. However,
under /home/eddi was created a link eddi, too, which refers to
/home/eddi. I think that the link in the home directory is a bug.
Unfortunately this bug lead in my case to a recursive backup of the home
directory. By the way, this phenomenon only occurs by utilizing the
force-option f.
Best regards
Kai Laemmerhit
- Report a bug in the ln command,
Laemmerhirt, Kai <=