Michael Tsai on Twitter: "@numist @gparker @kongtomorrow @rob_rix Think of “ln -s” as like “cp” where you are making a link instead of a copy."

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Rob Rix‎ ‏@rob_rix 8 Jan 2014

Wednesday: … ✓ Forget the order of the arguments to `ln -s`
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Greg Parker ‏@gparker 8 Jan 2014

@rob_rix Mnemonic: name of the symlink to create is second because it's optional (it'll use the existing file's name by default).
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Scott ‏@numist 8 Jan 2014 SoMa, San Francisco

@gparker @rob_rix: Today I Learned.
Ken Ferry ‏@kongtomorrow 9 Jan 2014

@numist @gparker @rob_rix my mnemonic: -s is for source.
Greg Parker ‏@gparker 9 Jan 2014

@kongtomorrow @numist @rob_rix That doesn't work for me because the man page's "source" and "target" terminology is backwards in my head.
Scott ‏@numist 9 Jan 2014 SoMa, San Francisco

@gparker @kongtomorrow @rob_rix: Ditto. But "which argument can be optional?" is perfect for me, thanks for that.

‏@mjtsai

@numist @gparker @kongtomorrow @rob_rix Think of “ln -s” as like “cp” where you are making a link instead of a copy.

1:03 PM - 9 Jan 2014

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