Andrey A. Chernov([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.06.15 16:02:50 +0000:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 13:15:04 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
>
> > Related bugs:
> > - symlink(2) is happy to create a symlink to the empty pathname although
> > empty pathnames are invalid.
>
> Maybe we need to fix symlink(2) then ?
no, it will probably break some obfuscated code that stores state in
symlinks (yes, this is done on some systems).
i never encountered any unix that checked for existance of the symlink's
target in symlink(2). ln perhaps should do it but override this specific
behaviour then with -f.
have fun,
/k
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