From:	noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject:	Re: Patch: directory symlink bug
7 Apr 1998 19:01:54 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<199804080128.SAA28508.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@skaro.cygnus.com>
References:	<199804080112 DOT VAA22934 AT subrogation DOT cygnus DOT com>
To:	ian AT cygnus DOT com (Ian Lance Taylor)
Cc:	noer AT cygnus DOT com, jeffdb AT goodnet DOT com, rkim AT ElectronicDNA DOT com,
	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
[...]
> I don't see what this has to do with having a symlink to a directory.
> This code says that a file can not be both a symlink and a directory.
> That's correct.  A symlink to a directory is not a directory.  It's a
> symlink.

I totally misunderstood this code; please ignore the patch I sent.
I've reworded the comment so the code is clearer to me.

-- 
Geoffrey Noer
noer AT cygnus DOT com

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