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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 10:07:47 +0000
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Subject: Re: fchdir, revision 2 [PATCH]
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:04:21 +0000
> > From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> >
> > According to POSIX: You can't get a file descriptor for a symlink using
> > open(). For a symlink, open() should follow the symlink.
> >
> > We have the additional options:
> >
> > * O_NOFOLLOW, which causes open() to fail, if the file is a symlink.
> > * O_NOLINK, which causes open() to actually open the symlink as a normal
> >   file.
> >
> > If you've used O_NOLINK, I think it's reasonable to return info about the
> > symlink.
> 
> Okay, thanks.  So this logic should be inside `open', and `fstat'
> doesn't have to care about the issue.
[snip]

Yes, the logic is inside 'open'.

I'll commit the patch next Wednesday, if there's no further comment.

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]