[linux-audio-user] batch creation of symlinks

Chris McCormick chris at mccormick.cx
Sun Jul 9 12:23:51 EDT 2006


On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 09:26:23AM -0700, Stephen Cameron wrote:
> 
> > This I don't understand: so what does the "." stand for?
> 
> "." is the current directory.
> 
> >From the man page of "ln"
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>        ln [OPTION]... TARGET [LINK_NAME]
>   -->  ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY            
>        ln [OPTION]... --target-directory=DIRECTORY TARGET...
> 
> [...]
>        When using the second form with more
>        than one TARGET, the last argument must be a 
>        directory;   create  links in  DIRECTORY  to  each TARGET.

I think you don't actually need the '.' in this case, so the solution
can be two characters shorter.

Best,

Chris.

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