site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Here is what I did to test this: $ cd /tmp $ cat > goop hello world $ ln -s /tmp/goop /tmp/foop $ file foop foop: symbolic link to `/tmp/goop' $ ls -L foop foop $ ls -L goop goop Is this a known problem (ie should I create a bug report on it)? David _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... I recently had cause to try and use "ls -L file" to find the linked file. Its not working (I wanted to use the return string in a shell program). This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com