Date:	Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:26:28 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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	on Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:19:37 +0200)
Subject:	Re: <limits.h> change for symlinks
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> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:19:37 +0200
> From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I simply don't know who is right, but somehow I don't think Unix
> > imposes limits of the number of symlinks to a file (which is what
> > LINK_MAX and _POISX_LINK_MAX are about).
> 
> This is not number of symlinks to file. This is a number of how many 
> symlinks you can encounter when processing a path.

My Posix references clearly say "maximum value of a file's link
count".  This is what led me to believe that LINK_MAX and
_POSIX_LINK_MAX are about hard links, not symlinks.

Can someone who know Unix/Posix better please tell if this is true?

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