Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:05:05 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Bug in mkdir(2) |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Alexander Viro wrote: > > In other words, if foo is a dangling symlink mkdir("foo/") will merrily > follow it. Which it shouldn't.
Why? I think the follows symlink behaviour is the right one, and is consistent with "open" etc. Are there any pressing reasons to not do it?
Linus
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