From 0d0180c172a144e731739637b9be8c8f28fba5a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldir Pimenta Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:40:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add a separate example for overwriting a symlink to make it clear what the -T option does, as discussed in #180 --- pages/common/ln.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pages/common/ln.md b/pages/common/ln.md index dde281e95b..c8a8590c2b 100644 --- a/pages/common/ln.md +++ b/pages/common/ln.md @@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ `ln -s {{path/to/original/file}} {{path/to/link}}` +- overwrite a symbolic link to a file + +`ln -sf {{path/to/new/original/file}} {{path/to/file/link}}` + - overwrite a symbolic link to a folder -`ln -sfT {{path/to/new/original/file}} {{path/to/link}}` +`ln -sfT {{path/to/new/original/file}} {{path/to/folder/link}}` - create a hard link to a file or folder