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Re: [bug] fileutils: ln --target-directory with just one target fails - cygcheck-svr.out [1/1]
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:35:46 -0400
- Subject: Re: [bug] fileutils: ln --target-directory with just one target fails - cygcheck-svr.out [1/1]
- References: <MPG.1bd8af1c929a73909896b1@localhost>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 04:43:56PM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>$ ls -l dir1
>$ ln -fs --target-directory=dir1 ../test.txt
>ln: `dir1/.': cannot overwrite directory
>$ ls -l dir1
>total 0
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 ASchulma None 11 Oct 14 16:42 test.txt ->
>../test.txt
>
>What seems to happen here is that when ln --target-directory is given
>only one target file (here test.txt), it works on the first one, then
>'sees' . as a second target.
>
>Who is the Cygwin maintainer of fileutils? I can't find any Cygwin doc
>files for it. Should I submit this bug upstream?
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-10/msg00513.html
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