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Re: Reg : linux 1n -f command

From: Allan Nelson <anelson77388_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:01:12 -0500
Message-ID: <ffb96860708170701xae717a5gae3c01ac9bef4be1@mail.gmail.com>


This is from Redhat:

 -f, --force

              remove existing destination files

so the behavior you are getting is the documented behavior.

Allan

On 8/17/07, Anant (DBA) <shastry17_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> My friend has this below problem.
>
> Can anyone please let me know the complete functionality of ln - f
> command.
> When used in this way ,
>
> For example , statement like this
> ln -f $EUAP_TOP/sql/HWAPREMO.sql $AP_TOP/sql/HWAPREMO.sql
> is deleting the file in $AP_TOP/sql directory.
>
> Waiting for your kind reply.
>
> Thanks.
> Ann
>

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