Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Jan 2004 13:29:16 +0100 | From | Olivier Galibert <> | Subject | Re: [autofs] [RFC] Towards a Modern Autofs |
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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.
OG.
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