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Article #449Why touch can't follow symbolic links?
From: jypai
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 02:17
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 02:17
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Suppose I build symbolic link using command 'ln',
say, 'ln -s /usr/local /home/yuan/local' ( in host ccnext)
Then when I touch from ccnext2 to ccnext,
switch to /home/yuan/local (in Touch), what touch shows
is just a text file icon with question mark in it.
Obviously, it doesn't follow the link.
Is it?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!news.edu.tw!news!ccsun7.csie.nctu.edu.tw!usenet From: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw Subject: Why touch can't follow symbolic links? Message-ID: <1992Aug12.021707.29856@ccsun7.csie.nctu.edu.tw> Sender: usenet@ccsun7.csie.nctu.edu.tw Reply-To: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw Organization: Computer Science & Information Engin., Chiao-Tung U, Taiwan, ROC Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 02:17:07 GMT Lines: 38