RE: [OT] symlinks to symlinks

[Mike Chamberlain]

> 
> If it's a symlink you should be able to readlink it (see 
> perlfunc) to get
> the thing that it points at
> (although you'll have to do some file concatenation logic 
> based on whether
> it's absolute or relative)
> And then you can test that (and work your way along the symlink chain,
> but make sure you put a trap in after a some large number of 
> steps else
> you will be gotcha'd by symlinks looping back to themselves)
> 
> 

You could catch that by recording which inode's you'd already visited
in the chain. If it's one you've already seen, then it's a loop.

Mike.

RE: (OT-ish) whois microsoft.com

[Mike Chamberlain]

> 
> >>APPLE.COM.IS.THE.CHOICE.OF.ALL.SELF.RESPECTING.TERRORISTS.NET
> 
> Server Name: WHITEHOUSE.GOV.HAS.THE.BEST.TERRORISTS.NET

TERRORISTS.NET.IS.SO.FUCKING.31338.NET

RE: (OT-ish) whois microsoft.com

[Mike Chamberlain]

> 
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 11:22:45AM +, Robin Houston wrote:
> 
> > MICROSOFT.COM.IS.SECRETLY.RUN.BY.ILLUMINATI.TERRORISTS.NET
> > 
> > but
> > 
> > MICROSOFT.COM.INSPIRES.COPYCAT.WANNABE.SUBVERSIVES.NET
> > 
> > is quite a good explanation of what's happened :-)
> 
> Yeah, this was NTKed some time ago.  The names may have 
> changed but the
> principle is the same.
> 

APPLE.COM.IS.THE.CHOICE.OF.ALL.SELF.RESPECTING.TERRORISTS.NET

Anyone spotted any others?

Mike.