Re: [fpc-pascal] Handling recursive symlinks in Linux
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, brian wrote: I'm trying to convert a Delphi console-mode program which needs to walk directory trees to FP **and Linux** - is there a standard way to detect and handle recursive symlinks, if the user has been daft enough to create them? You can use faSymLink in FindFirst/FindNext to detect symbolic links (this works on windows as well) and then use fpReadLink (unit baseunix) to see where the link leads too. Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Handling recursive symlinks in Linux
On 19 Feb 2011, at 07:57, brian wrote: I'm trying to convert a Delphi console-mode program which needs to walk directory trees to FP **and Linux** - is there a standard way to detect and handle recursive symlinks, if the user has been daft enough to create them? Many programs handle this by following symlinks only to a certain maximum depth. E.g., they print an error if they have followed 16 or more symlinks already. An alternative is to keep track of every directory you have traversed (or are traversing) already, and to skipping symlinks pointing to such directories. Jonas___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
[fpc-pascal] Handling recursive symlinks in Linux
I'm trying to convert a Delphi console-mode program which needs to walk directory trees to FP **and Linux** - is there a standard way to detect and handle recursive symlinks, if the user has been daft enough to create them? Thanks, Brian. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
