Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:46:16 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen glob.c Message-ID: <506.984685576@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:40:58 EST." <200103151940.OAA48323@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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In message <200103151940.OAA48323@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollman write s: ><<On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:32:32 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> said: > >> "../barf/.." = BAD > >This does not seem correct. I think I have an idea of what you're >trying to prevent, but in the case where `../barf' is a symbolic link, >`../barf/..' is a useful way to get to the parent of wherever >`../barf' points. > >Can you think of an example where this is a problem, that doesn't >involve globbing? probably not. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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