Behold, Fons van der Beek <fons@xxxxxxx> hath decreed:
> Hello all,
>
> I am having a bit of a problem with the ln command.
> If i give the command
>
> ln -s "/data/mp3/Nelly" "/datastore/alfabet/N/Nelly"
>
> Then I expect only in the directory "/datastore/alfabet/N/"
> a symboly link named "Nelly" being created.
> BUT also (!) in "/data/mp3/Nelly" a symbolic link "Nelly"
> is created and it is referenced to /data/mp3/Nelly
> (there was already a directory calles "DaDerrty.......blablabla)
At the risk of sounding patronizing, is it possible that the unexpected
symlink is the result of a previous ln attempt gone awry? What are the
creation dates on the two symlinks? If you delete both symlinks and re-issue
the command, are you able to reproduce the problem?
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