begin quoting m ike as of Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:20:51AM -0700: > i have an invention to share, but considering how small my world is, > it might be a re-invention. [snip] > with the result that -e is true for files like: > > fn=$td"/k/p/l/u/g/r/u/l/e/s/////././/././/./"$nm > > if [ -e $fn ]; then echo "happy at last"; fi > > apart from "why anyone would want to do such a thing", is this > a questionable implementation? how much linking can linux > handle?
The open(2) call has a limit on how many symbolic links can be
handled:
ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolv�
ing pathname, or O_NOFOLLOW was specified but path�
name was a symbolic link.
-Stewart "Making loops with hardlinks is Not Advised." Stremler
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