Re: Reg : linux 1n -f command

  • From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: shastry17@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:29:44 -0700

On 8/17/07, Anant (DBA) <shastry17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> Can anyone please let me know the complete functionality of ln - f
> command.
> When used in this way ,
>
> For example , statement like this
>  ln -f $EUAP_TOP/sql/HWAPREMO.sql $AP_TOP/sql/HWAPREMO.sql
> is deleting the file in $AP_TOP/sql directory.
>
>


Hmmm...

Has your friend experimented with 'rm' per chance, also without reading the
man page?

;)


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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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