Re: Newbie project idea: New POSIX 2008 functionality for ln(1)

2011-09-23 Thread Matthew Dempsky
Hey everyone, so I got a handful of positive responses to this. I've replied to a few individuals already, but it's been a hectic week so I haven't had a chance to reply to everyone yet. I just wanted to write a quick note to let everyone know that I *will* get back to you this weekend, and also

Newbie project idea: New POSIX 2008 functionality for ln(1)

2011-09-19 Thread Matthew Dempsky
Here's a small project for someone with basic C programming experience and an understanding of UNIX system calls (e.g., file descriptors and symbolic vs hard links). Thought I'd send it to tech@ first in case anyone's interested in working on it as a starter project. POSIX 2008 added two new flag