Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 22 Oct 1996 19:04:39 -0400 | From | James Hughes <> | Subject | Re: Odd symlink behavour |
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Michael J. Micek wrote: > > > > 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'.
You're right! <blush> I never noticed this before. Sorry for the false alarm.
-James
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