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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-09-24 11:57:11 -0600 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-09-25 07:03:03 -0600 |
| commit | efcee783e4d576898130ccbf1cb2d7d6bf1b8420 (patch) | |
| tree | 401900376fd200b55ebede212a2b777b1d3fa0d4 /NEWS | |
| parent | fb59d72f0a48ef6bc45d795ab96131368157c59f (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-efcee783e4d576898130ccbf1cb2d7d6bf1b8420.tar.xz | |
ln: add -L/-P options
* src/ln.c (STAT_LIKE_LINK): Delete.
(logical): New flag.
(long_options): Add -L, -P.
(usage): Mention them.
(main): Choose between them.
(do_link): Perform correct action.
* tests/ln/misc: Move hard-to-sym portion of test...
* tests/ln/hard-to-sym: ...into new test, and add more.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run new test.
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/coreutils.texi (link invocation, ln invocation): Likewise.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add linkat.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- last component (possibly via a dangling symlink) can be created, since mkdir will succeed in that case. +** New features + + ln now accepts the options --logical (-L) and --physical (-P), + added by POSIX 2008. The default behavior is -P on systems like + GNU/Linux where link(2) creates hard links to symlinks, and -L on + BSD systems where link(2) follows symlinks. + ** Improvements rm: rewrite to use gnulib's fts |