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00001361003.1(2008)/Issue 7Shell and Utilitiespublic2009-08-22 08:032013-04-16 13:06
Reportergeoffclare Assigned Toajosey  
PrioritynormalSeverityObjectionTypeOmission
Status ClosedResolutionAccepted 
NameGeoff Clare
OrganizationThe Open Group
User Reference
Sectionln
Page Number2839
Line Number92851
Interp Status---
Final Accepted Text
Summary0000136: ln -s cf. symlink()
DescriptionThe description of ln -s is out of date with respect to changes
made to the symlink() function in the revision (setting of owner,
timestamps, etc.).

This could be fixed by adding equivalent statements to the ln page,
but it would be preferable to avoid duplication. Thus the suggested
change below takes the alternative approach of describing the
behaviour of ln -s in terms of a call to symlink().
Desired ActionChange

    "If the -s option is specified, ln shall create a symbolic link
    named by the destination path and containing as its pathname
    source_file."

to

    "If the -s option is specified, actions shall be performed
    equivalent to the symlink() function with source_file as the path1
    argument and the destination path as the path2 argument."
Tagstc1-2008

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare New Issue
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Status New => Under Review
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Assigned To => ajosey
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Name => Geoff Clare
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Organization => The Open Group
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Section => ln
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Page Number => 2839
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Line Number => 92851
2009-08-22 08:03 geoffclare Interp Status => ---
2009-08-27 15:40 ajosey Status Under Review => Resolved
2009-08-27 15:40 ajosey Resolution Open => Accepted
2010-08-27 13:13 ajosey Tag Attached: tc1-2008
2013-04-16 13:06 ajosey Status Resolved => Closed