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- From: hirai@cc.swarthmore.edu (Eiji Hirai)
- Subject: Re: Help with ln -f -s
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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:30:12 GMT
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- mamros@athena.lkg.dec.com (Shawn Mamros) writes:
- > It turns out to be a bug in ln (one which should be fixed
- > in a not-too-distant future release). In the meantime, the only real
- > workaround is ...
-
- Or, you can install GNU's version of "ln". You can get it at:
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- ftp.uu.net:packages/gnu/fileutils-3.3.tar.Z
-
- I've been using it without any problems and in particular, doesn't have the
- above-mentioned bug.
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