[techtalk] Minor ln -s question

[Kathryn Hogg]

Mary Gardiner said:
> There is one argument ln *needs* - the file being linked to. The name you
> give it is actually an optional argument (it will just give it the same
> name by default). Hence the new name has to be the second argument, otherwise
> it would be a bastard to parse the arguments. :)

And if you get it backwards, ln will happily tell you that the file already
exists. 

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Kathryn Hogg