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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Erich Dollansky wrote:

> > According to Erich Dollansky on 6/26/2007 6:57 AM:
> >>    if (stat ("/usr/X11R6/share/doc/lesstif-0.94.4/html/Lessdox", &Stat)
>
> is is right that the link is pointing to itself resulting in an endless
> loop?

No, it points to its parent directory.

> !<symlink>/usr/X11R6/share/doc/lesstif-0.94.4/html

I don't parse this.

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Brian Ford
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FlightSafety International
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