Under Solaris, the link will be moved into the directory that the link
points to (following the correct behaviour of mv) and so if you "cd
directory" you will find your link inside it! (And it's now pointing up
to its parent.)
Kevin
Donncha O Caoimh wrote:
>> 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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