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тАО09-17-2009 02:07 AM
тАО09-17-2009 02:07 AM
My system is a tru64-5.1B-4.
A software I just installed wants the path to a work directory to be /usr/users/ms0//work.
Since I don't have this, I am tempted to make a symlink
ln -s /usr/users /usr/users/ms0
to make it work.
Will this be outright dangerous, apart form being just ugly?
I have a feeling there may be a risk for an infinite loop is some function will scan the directory tree.
BN
A software I just installed wants the path to a work directory to be /usr/users/ms0/
Since I don't have this, I am tempted to make a symlink
ln -s /usr/users /usr/users/ms0
to make it work.
Will this be outright dangerous, apart form being just ugly?
I have a feeling there may be a risk for an infinite loop is some function will scan the directory tree.
BN
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тАО09-17-2009 10:11 AM
тАО09-17-2009 10:11 AM
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Ugly as it is, it should work. Because /usr/users/ms0 is a symlink pointing back to /usr/users, then /usr/users/ms0//work will point to /usr/users//work, and as long as this exists, it should work fine. There is no recursion involved (provided there is no username ms0; that could cause problems.)
Trying the symlink the other way around could cause some rather odd behavior. :)
Martin
Trying the symlink the other way around could cause some rather odd behavior. :)
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тАО09-23-2009 11:03 PM
тАО09-23-2009 11:03 PM
Re: looped symlink
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