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Yes, it would be platform specific as the OSX ln command would not be the same program as the GNU coreutils ln program. For GNU ln at least I don't find it con
by Rapzid 7y ago
Yes, it would be platform specific as the OSX ln command would not be the same program as the GNU coreutils ln program.
For GNU ln at least I don't find it confusing at all particularly considering the only other option is LINK_NAME. I guess YMMV though and it seems kinda pointless to argue whether it is or is not confusing. Perhaps a poll could quantify it.
- inimino 7y agoIf "target" is used to mean two different things in the same context, it is going to confuse people! This is why naming things is hard!
- Rapzid 7y agoIn GNU coreutils ln help and man page it only ever uses TARGET to refer to the link target?
- inimino 7y agoI wasn't speaking specifically about GNU. Note though that even there you see a --target-directory, -t, -T flags that make literally no sense anymore once GNU reversed the meaning of the term.