Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!uunet!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: How do you find the symbolic links to files. Message-ID: Date: 26 Nov 90 22:22:26 GMT References: <4899@trantor.harris-atd.com> <4900@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1990Nov26.082214.17329@oracle.com> <1990Nov26.150716.7268@specialix.co.uk> Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Organization: The World Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: jonb@specialix.co.uk's message of 26 Nov 90 15:07:16 GMT From: jonb@specialix.co.uk (Jon Brawn) >OK, so thats found all the real links. Reading the subject line, how >do you find all the *symbolic* links? How do I access a symbolic link >file to find out that it IS a symbolic link (I mean from within C, I >assume stat( char *filename ) is going to stat the pointed too file?) All the questions you ask are adequately explained in the manual pages (at least they are in my manual pages, stock SunOS 4.0.3). Not sure what would be the use of reading them back to you but if perchance you don't have access to the appropriate man pages send me mail and I'd be glad to send you the relevant excerpts. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | {xylogics,uunet}!world!bzs | bzs@world.std.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD