Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 08 Jan 2004 11:23:49 -0500 | From | Mike Waychison <> | Subject | Re: [autofs] [RFC] Towards a Modern Autofs |
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Olivier Galibert wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 05:55:23PM -0500, Mike Waychison wrote: > >>Yes, an 'ls' actually does an lstat on every file. > > > I guess you haven't met the plague called color-ls yet. Lucky you. > > Most modern file browsers also seem to feel obligated to follow > symlinks to check whether they're dangling. A mis-click on "up" when > you're on your home directory could cause a beautiful mount-storm.
Why would any file browser or even ls feel compelled to 'stat' something right after an 'lstat' says it is not a symbolic link though?
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