> * Curtis Doty <phe...@terraxrl.arg> [2011-08-10 11:53:52 -0700]:
>
> They have identical mtimes (as set by touch)--i.e. the directory is
> *not* newer than the symlink--but it still outputs "yes". Why?

mtime for a symlink comes from stat(), not stat().
anything is newer than a non-existent object.

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