Re: symlink(2) [Was: Re: tcsh.cat]

[Matt Dillon]

:
:On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 15:04:06 -0700, Matt Dillon wrote:
:>     What cases?  In all my years of programming I've never once 'accidently'
:>     created an empty symlink.
:
:The next example is fts-like activity - wrong final destination
:appearse which is dangerous for 'rm'. I.e. in some situation you can
:remove something like /kernel via specially constructed (by bad guy) empty
:simlink.
:
:-- 
:Andrey A. Chernov
:http://ache.pp.ru/

    I'm sorry, I don't understand... what does this have to do with
    an empty symlink verses a symlink containing something else?
    'rm' does not traverse symlinks.

                                        -Matt


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