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Bug#107826: can not create file through a dangling symlink


From: Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Subject: Bug#107826: can not create file through a dangling symlink
Date: 20 Aug 2001 14:23:46 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7

Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> writes:

> > Eww, blech.  There are lots of people who use symlinks to nothing
> > *explicitly* intending to block creation of the referenced file.
> 
> Lots, eh?  Can you name three?

Yes.  Among common uses are:

ln -s doesntexist core
ln -s doesntexist dead.letter





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