From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-12-07T21:15:49+09:00
Subject: Re: ?? weirdness in Find.find/lstat ??

Hi --

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, ahoward wrote:

> in fact, lstat bar when bar is linked to foo should tell you that bar is also
> a directory - which is does not on linux unless you lstat bar/

I thought lstat differs from stat specifically in that it reports on
the link (rather than the thing the link points to).  I'm not sure
about the bar vs. bar/ distinction... but if it's just bar, I think
lstat should report on the link itself.


David

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