Why touch can't follow symbolic links?

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2 total messages Started by jypai Wed, 12 Aug 1992 02:17

#449

Author: jypai
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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Re: Why touch can't follow symbolic links?

#692

Author: David Lemson
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:36

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> 
> 
> In article <1992Aug12.021707.29856@ccsun7.csie.nctu.edu.tw>  
jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw writes:
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
Don't use Touch.  It's buggy and can crash your machine hard.  Supposedly  
someone (Marble?) is re-writing it and will release it sometime in the  
future.  As for now, check out GatorFTP+ from sonata.cc.purdue.edu.  It  
does a similar job, more robustly. (by using the ftp protocol, which will  
follow symbolic links, by the way).

This should be a FAQ, too, I think.

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