At 11:32 -0600 2004.05.25, ladh wrote:Yes, I'm using -l test too, but in my main loop I'm testing for a file/directory presence and depending on the result I recurs into the subroutine to check the contents of the sub-directory or examine the file. I guess I would have to modify this main loop to do some special testing when symlink is encountered.
Yes, try -l first, and if it is true, then skip the file (or call readlink() on the file if you want to use some links, but not others, etc.). That should work.
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Thanks Chris, readlink() works great since now I can check if the links of those aliases in the corresponding folders are the same.
Lad
