It definitely seems as if the logic in the code (filestat.c) is kind of
screwed up.
If no one has time to look at it I can try and take a look at it later on.
Andi
At 01:35 AM 4/24/2001 -0500, J. Jones wrote:
>This was originally posted to php-general, but for some reason I believe
>it may belong here. I apologize if I'm wrong.
>
>
>Forgive me for my ignorance, but I've noticed some unwanted behavior
>(IMO, at least) with the is_link() function. Given the simple code..
>
> if ( is_link ("/tmp/this_is_a_symlink") )
> print ("Success\n");
>
>and the file..
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 23 21:19 /tmp/this_is_a_symlink -> /bin/
>the above obviously prints 'Success\n'.
>
>However, if I BREAK the symlink, with something like the following..
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 23 21:21 /tmp/this_is_a_symlink -> foo
>the script fails with..
>
>Warning: stat failed for /tmp/this_is_a_symlink (errno=2 - No such file or
>directory) in ./test.php on line 3.
>
>The file /tmp/this_is_a_symlink is still a symlink, so it seems to me that
>the is_link() function should still return true, whether or not the symlink's
>target exists. Is there perhaps a function I have yet to discover that
>provides that behavior, without verifying the link's target?
>
>I ask this because much of linux's /proc contains (intentionally) broken
>symlink's and is_link()'s behavior is making the scouring of /proc
>difficult on me. ;)
>
>Thanks for any input..
>J. Jones
>
>P.S. The script ran as root, so filesystem permissions aren't the issue.
>
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