os.symlink()

[Grant Edwards]

On 2008-07-28, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>>From `pydoc os`:
>
>     symlink(...)
>         symlink(src, dst)
>         
>         Create a symbolic link pointing to src named dst.
>
>
> Is there any reason why this is so deliberately confusing? Why is the
> target of the symlink, the think where it points *to*, called the
> `src`? It seems to me that the names of the parameters should be
> reversed.

I never looked at the names of the parameters.  I just know
that they're in the same order as they are when you do "ln -s"
at a shell prompt.  It's like you're copying a file (except the
new one isn't really a copy, it's a link).

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