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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 8035@debbugs.gnu.org, spucci <slpnabble@blackberry-hill.com>
Subject: bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:53:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875yvstaes.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877dg8yxrx.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:29:54 +0200")

On Aug 26 2021, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> But...  this does mean that `file-exists-p' and friends are unreliable
> in the presence of symlinks,

This is not true.  It is consistent with all other file handling
functions in Emacs.

Andreas.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-08-26 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-14  3:05 bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink spucci
2011-02-19 21:37 ` Glenn Morris
2011-02-20  2:35   ` Steve Pucci
2011-02-20  2:41     ` Steve Pucci
2021-08-26 16:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-26 16:44   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-26 17:03     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-26 17:08       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-26 17:24         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-26 17:30           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-26 16:53   ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2021-08-26 17:04     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-26 17:19       ` Andreas Schwab
2021-08-26 17:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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