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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