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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  SGI symlink bug?
Message-ID: <9006141211.AA03438@aero4.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 14 Jun 90 12:11:08 GMT
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    I whole heartedly agree.  Doing a symbolic link over an existing
file should not be allowed.  Some systems I have used give an error
like file exists others don't give any error, but still don't try to
do the link.
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	Brent L. Bates
	NASA-Langley Research Center
	M.S. 361
	Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
	(804) 864-2854
	E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov