6 Nov
1998
6 Nov
'98
3:28 p.m.
In article 364309A3.51B00C64@dnrc.bell-labs.com, you write: |> |> > A symbolic link to what? Something that exists, so the "problem" is |> > still there. |> |> No, because every program(1) in UNIX knows to skip symbolic links when |> traversing trees of files.
I was actually referring to the target of the symlink rather than the symlink itself.
The issue seems to be getting a little cloudy though, as some people seem to want a .snapshot appearing everywhere, but not be auto-traversed, some don't want it everywhere (including those of us who don't want it at the mountpoints).
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