From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer) Subject: Re: Patch: directory symlink bug 7 Apr 1998 19:01:54 -0700 Message-ID: <199804080128.SAA28508.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@skaro.cygnus.com> References: <199804080112 DOT VAA22934 AT subrogation DOT cygnus DOT com> Content-Type: text To: ian AT cygnus DOT com (Ian Lance Taylor) Cc: noer AT cygnus DOT com, jeffdb AT goodnet DOT com, rkim AT ElectronicDNA DOT com, cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com Ian Lance Taylor wrote: [...] > I don't see what this has to do with having a symlink to a directory. > This code says that a file can not be both a symlink and a directory. > That's correct. A symlink to a directory is not a directory. It's a > symlink. I totally misunderstood this code; please ignore the patch I sent. I've reworded the comment so the code is clearer to me. -- Geoffrey Noer noer AT cygnus DOT com