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

[Bruce Evans]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Brian F. Feldman wrote:

> Bruce Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Here's an example of a standard utility being clueless about symlinks to
> > nothing:
> >
> >     $ ln -s '' foo
> >     $ cp foo bar
> >     cp: foo is a directory (not copied)
> >
> > foo is certainly not a directory.  The bug seems to be in fts.
>
> No, "foo" certainly _is_ a directory.  It is precisely the same thing as
> ".".

No, the empty pathname has been invalid and not an alias for "." since at
least the first version of POSIX.

Bruce


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