From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.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 19:04:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o89kxhlv.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875yvstaes.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:53:31 +0200")
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> 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.
I don't see a contradiction between `file-exists-p' being unreliable
and being consistent with all other file handling functions in Emacs.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-26 17:04 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
2021-08-26 17:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-08-26 17:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-08-26 17:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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