Re: symlinks
Re: symlinks
- Subject: Re: symlinks
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:33:14 -0400
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Emmanuel LEVY <email@hidden> wrote:
> I think one of the stakes should be emphasized more, it's when you say
>
>> nonexistent files (which of
>> course trigger an error when you try to dereference them, but not
>> before).
>
> In my experience, I have to dereference non-existing files as well as
> existing files. In fact, whether the file exists or not is handled as late
> as possible in the process.
>
> So if fred is a symlink, I do have to dereference without error a reference
> such as:
>
> /bla[1]/foo/bar/what/ever/fred/some/folder/some/file
To be clear: when talking about symlinks, "dereference" means "access
the file being linked to". If you can explain how to get information
out of a nonexistent file, please do. :)
> [1] Linguistic note: "bla" is French for "blah"
Oddities of spelling. "bla" in English and "blah" in French would
yield the same pronunciations as their current forms. :)
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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