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add a separate example for overwriting a symlink

to make it clear what the -T option does,
as discussed in #180
Waldir Pimenta 10 years ago
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 `ln -s {{path/to/original/file}} {{path/to/link}}`
 
+- overwrite a symbolic link to a file
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+`ln -sf {{path/to/new/original/file}} {{path/to/file/link}}`
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 - overwrite a symbolic link to a folder
 
-`ln -sfT {{path/to/new/original/file}} {{path/to/link}}`
+`ln -sfT {{path/to/new/original/file}} {{path/to/folder/link}}`
 
 - create a hard link to a file or folder