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List:       linux-fsdevel
Subject:    Re: [RFC] Bug in mkdir(2)
From:       Steve Dodd <dirk () loth ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       1999-06-16 21:33:12
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On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 04:59:10PM -0400, Douglas Weimer wrote:

>    Following symlinks can be useful at times. It is the root-owned 
> processes responsibility to check for symlinks in /tmp. This argument 
> can be used for any file manipulation in a globally writable directory.
> Both mkdir("foo") and mkdir("foo/") should follow symlinks for 
> consistency purposes.

Ick, no. Whatever mkdir("foo/") does, mkdir("foo") should return EEXIST if
foo is a symlink. Anything else would be plain weird.

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