Re: [RFC] Bug in mkdir(2)

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:05:05 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> In other words, if foo is a dangling symlink mkdir("foo/") will merrily
> follow it. Which it shouldn't.

Why? I think the follows symlink behaviour is the right one, and is
consistent with "open" etc. Are there any pressing reasons to not do it?

Linus

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