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SubjectRe: [RFC] Bug in mkdir(2)
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 11:05:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
> >
> > In other words, if foo is a dangling symlink mkdir("foo/") will merrily
> > follow it. Which it shouldn't.
>
> Why? I think the follows symlink behaviour is the right one, and is
> consistent with "open" etc. Are there any pressing reasons to not do it?
>
> Linus
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2.0.37 seems not to do this.
mkdir b
and
mkdir b/
both give

EEXIST

Wolfgang Walter

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