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Rod Symbolic links are not the problem. _Following_ symbolic links when what I want is to know that the object IS a symbolic link is the problem. In other words, when I use stat() and test for ISLNK (I think that's the macro), it is not identified as a link, because the link has been resolved to the object pointed at. So I needed to use lstat, which does not resolve the link. Regards Vern At 05:44 PM 8/29/02 +1000, you wrote: -snip- >In a previous pend you said "The gotcha with stat() is that it follows >symbolic links - like a shortcut in Windows. " In what way do you see >symbolic links as a gotcha? Could you elaborate? > >Rod Orr
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