Re: Fwd: [bug #17877] Invalid "No such file or directory" error on filesystem without stable inode numbers

[Miklos Szeredi]

> > But what about symlinks?
> > 
> >   a       g
> >    b       h->a
> >     c
> >      f->g
> > 
> > The moment you traverse the f->g symlink above,
> > the entire tree, a/b/c/f, is no longer referenced,
> > so the h->a link may take you back to a new inode,
> > and the cycle will not be detected.
> 
> Right.  So find either holds a file descriptor for each symlink
> traversed,

BTW, this could make sense also if you want ultra-correctness on POSIX
filesystems, since otherwise you might get false positives from the
cycle detector.

Miklos