Dylan William Hardison wrote:
>>done properly, konq shouldn't know the difference
>>between ln -s and a real dir.
>>
>>
>
>Not quite true.
>
>Given the layout:
>
>% tree
>.
>|-- baz -> foo/bar
>|-- foo
>| `-- bar
>`-- test
>
>
>% ls baz/..
>bar/
>
>baz/.. == foo/
>
>So, a symlink to a directory isn't quite the same as a directory.
>
>Shells and file managers have to jump through hoops to make .. appear to
>point to the "right" place.
>
>
>If you really want to link a dir, use this:
> mount --bind olddir newdir
>
>
Actually, no. If I write a C program that calls:
fopen("baz/myfile.txt","r"); then the symlink is followed automatically
(the file foo/bar/myfile.txt is opened). I do not have to resolve the
link target or anything like that. The hierarchy may not be identical,
but as a container for files, the dereferencing is automatic.
--ronan
"There's many the feign enjoyment / from merciless employment. Their
ambition was this deployment / from the minute they left the school." --
Andy Stewart, "Ramblin' Rover"
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