Post #2806642
2026-05-03 16:50 UTC
@wouter@pleroma.debian.social
I learned cp and mv as 'source' to 'destination', so I think the 'ln' docs really should say:
'ln '.
But the whole ambiguity of the word 'target' speaks to why “just think of it like cp or mv" doesn't work for many people — especially for symlink.
You point/follow a symlink somewhere… like a target?
You cp a file somewhere … like a target?
Cc: @mjw@mastodon.nl @collinfunk@mastodon.social
@pinche_compinche@tuiter.rocks
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@novalis@honk.novalis.org 2026-05-03 17:13
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org @wouter@pleroma.debian.social @mjw@mastodon.nl @collinfunk@mastodon.social @pinche_compinche@tuiter.rocks This is why man strstr gives the arguments as haystack and needle instead of trying to use the word target.