Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:54:05 +0000 | From | Tom Eastep <> | Subject | Re: Should we have MAXSYMLINKS? |
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Alexander Kjeldaas wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:05:50AM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > > Looks like we already have it. Depending on what you mean, that > > is. If you are concerned about number of nested symlinks (traversed > > without eating new components of name) - it's 5. >
It must be at least 8 (_POSIX_SYMLINK_MAX) for POSIX compatibility. Values >= 20 are typical of other implementations.
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