Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:12:29 +0200 | From | Wolfgang Walter <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Bug in mkdir(2) |
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On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 11:05:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > 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 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
2.0.37 seems not to do this. mkdir b and mkdir b/ both give
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Wolfgang Walter
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