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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:11:09 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Symlink'ed current directory and FIND
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In-Reply-To: <20001115152828.13322.qmail@web118.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 07:28:28AM -0800

On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 07:28:28AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- "Lassi A. Tuura" <lassi DOT tuura AT cern DOT ch> wrote:
>> > Find doesn't dereference symbolic links unless you tell it to.
>> 
>> Yes, but surely it should follow the links to the *current* directory? 
>
>Since the directory is a symbolic link then the leaf (i.e.: the '.' directory)
>is a symbolic link.  Therefore find doesn't dereference it and reports nothing
>unless you tell it to -follow the symbolic link.

This is probably different than most, if not all, UNIXes.  As I've said in the
past there are some problems with the way cygwin currently dereferences symbolic
links but I have no plans with respect to the current directory on fixing them
anytime soon.

cgf

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