From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264270AbUG2Fes (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:34:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264266AbUG2Fes (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:34:48 -0400 Received: from outmx012.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.3.70]:18089 "EHLO outmx012.isp.belgacom.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264256AbUG2Fer (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:34:47 -0400 Subject: symlinks follow 8 or 5? From: FabF To: lkml Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1091079278.1999.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:34:39 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, do_follow_link comments is "This limits recursive symlink follows to 8" ... but having (x=1->10) ln -s x+1 x and trying cat 1 just works for x < 7 which drops follow mode to 5.Is this irrelevant ? Regards, FabF