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bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink |
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Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:19:58 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
On Aug 26 2021, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
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>> On Aug 26 2021, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
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>>> But... this does mean that `file-exists-p' and friends are unreliable
>>> in the presence of symlinks,
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>> This is not true. It is consistent with all other file handling
>> functions in Emacs.
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> I don't see a contradiction between `file-exists-p' being unreliable
> and being consistent with all other file handling functions in Emacs.
It would be unreliable if it were inconsistent.
Andreas.
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bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink, Andreas Schwab, 2021/08/26