(do_link): If ln is invoked with --interactive (-i),

encounters an existing destination file, and gets an affirmative
response, then first try to unlink the destination file rather
than simply failing.  Suggestion from Karl Berry.

diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 9c370e496503c7df4afbc05e4ca3281e84854b74..5efb1d45563bd0b4844206092b3b539d680d222b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest, bool dest_is_dir)
          fprintf (stderr, _("%s: replace %s? "), program_name, quote (dest));
          if (!yesno ())
            return true;
+         remove_existing_files = true;
        }
 
       if (backup_type != no_backups)