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[ILUG] bug in mv and/or ln

[ILUG] bug in mv and/or ln

Donncha O Caoimh donncha.ocaoimh at tradesignals.com
Fri Jun 11 14:51:02 IST 1999

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That should have been 
mv link link 

"link" will then disappear.

Donncha

Donncha O Caoimh wrote:
> 
> Try this in Linux:
> 
> create a soft link to a directory,
> ln -s directory link
> 
> now, do the following:
> mv directory directory
> 
> Watch what happens. The "directory" link disappears. A bug?
> 
> Donncha.

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