Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> > What about these? > >> > > >> > $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES): > >> > >> Uses a chain of ln/ln -s/cp, would need to add "-f" flags. > > > > Why? Isn't "x && a || b || c" the same as "a || b || c" if x is always true? > > It does: > > rm x && > ln y x || ln -s y x || cp y x > > If you run that you'll get a hardlink the first time around, but the > second time around you'll fall back to the "cp" if you remove the "rm". Right. We'll need to do ln -f, and god knows if that's portable. -- Felipe Contreras
