On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 16:40, Ian Wienand wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 04:04:43PM +1000, Matthew Davidson wrote: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 mdavids mdavids 12 2004-09-13 15:52 application -> version/0.3/ > > -rw-r--r-- 1 mdavids mdavids 0 2004-09-13 15:43 file > > drwxr-sr-x 5 mdavids mdavids 4096 2004-09-13 15:51 version > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ cd application > > is the equivalent of doing cd version/0.3 >
Funny; I've always assumed that the system treated a directory symlink as a real directory that just happens to have exactly the same contents as some other directory. I suppose I'd never put myself in a situation to find out outherwise. However, I maintain that's the way it _should_ work! Matthew. -- -- 0419 242 316 ... (02) 6658 1607 -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. (Save as HTML or RTF) See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our people and our country, and neither do we." -- George W. Bush -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
