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authorHarald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>2012-03-22 20:51:20 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2012-03-22 20:51:20 +0000
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downloadcoreutils-15b8318e93a947d1422e9a927f699eda1085cf0d.tar.xz
ln: add the --relative option
With the "--relative --symbolic" options, ln computes the relative symbolic link for the user. So, ln works just as cp, but creates relative symbolic links instead of copying the file. I miss this feature since the beginning of using ln. $ tree ./ / `-- usr |-- bin `-- lib `-- foo `-- foo 4 directories, 1 file $ ln -s -v --relative usr/lib/foo/foo usr/bin/foo ‘usr/bin/foo’ -> ‘../lib/foo/foo’ $ tree ./ / `-- usr |-- bin | `-- foo -> ../lib/foo/foo `-- lib `-- foo `-- foo 4 directories, 2 files $ ln -s -v --relative usr/bin/foo usr/lib/foo/link-to-foo ‘usr/lib/foo/link-to-foo’ -> ‘foo’ $ tree ./ / `-- usr |-- bin | `-- foo -> ../lib/foo/foo `-- lib `-- foo |-- link-to-foo -> foo `-- foo 4 directories, 3 files * src/Makefile.am: Reference the relpath module. * src/ln.c (usage): Mention the new option. (do_link): Call the relative conversion if specified. (convert_abs_rel): Perform the relative conversion using the relpath module. * tests/ln/relative: Add a new test. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new feature. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
dd now accepts the conv=sparse flag to attempt to create sparse
output, by seeking rather than writing to the output file.
+ ln now accepts the --relative option, to generate a relative
+ symbolic link to a target, irrespective of how the target is specified.
+
split now accepts an optional "from" argument to --numeric-suffixes,
which changes the start number from the default of 0.