Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael J. Micek" <> | Subject | Re: Odd symlink behavour | Date | Tue, 22 Oct 1996 11:12:49 -0700 (PDT) |
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> I have noticed an odd behavour with symlinked directories under the > 2.0.22 kernel on the ext2 filesystem. When copying a file from a > symlinked directory using a relative destination, the file is copied not > to the location relative to the symlinked directory, but to the location > relative to the original directory.
Did you check out the behavior under other filesystems and kernel versions?
This is almost certainly a feature of your shell, and has nothing to do with the filesystem. If you're using tcsh, check the 'symlinks' variable. If you're using bash, look at 'nolinks' and '-P'. With zsh, examine 'CHASE_LINKS'.
-- Michael J. Micek, peripatetic philosopher. (currently) mmicek@muddcs.cs.hmc.edu
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