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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:24:04 +0200
From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Patch: open() adjustment for symlinks
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:21:52 +0200
> > From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
> >
> > +Note that @code{__solve_symlinks} does not contain FSEXT handler, so
> > +an extension cannot intercept symlink resolution directly.  However,
> > +@code{__solve_symlinks} eventually calls @code{_open} and @code{_read},
> > +so if you provide open and read handlers, your extension should work OK
> > +with symlinks too.
> 
> Two comments:

If we are going to provide readlink() FSEXT hook, then this chapter goes to
thrash bin anyway.

Laurynas