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> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:44:25 +0000
> From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> 
> Ah, I see, you're thinking that 'filename' might contain symbolic
> links in its path, thereby requiring an lstat() instead. I don't
> think that 'filename' will contain any symbolic links. The filename
> from fd_props should have no symbolic links in it, because open()
> solves all symlinks, before storing the filename in fd_props.

The question is, what does `fstat' do on Unix for file handles opened
on symbolic links: does it return info about the link or about its
target?