Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!rpi!batcomputer!llenroc!cornell!uw-beaver!milton!newton!lgy From: lgy@phys.washington.edu (Laurence G. Yaffe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Dcmp - recursive directory comparison Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 23:56:57 GMT References: <125391@uunet.UU.NET> Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu Lines: 14 rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes: >I will look at your version more thoroughly soon. However, one >thing SCREAMS for attention. DON'T FOLLOW SYMBOLIC LINKS BY DEFAULT! >This is a dangerous thing to do in any program that deals >with the filesystem as a recursive structure. Some people like to live dangerously! :-) Still, your point is well taken. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurence G. Yaffe Internet: lgy@newton.phys.washington.edu University of Washington Bitnet: yaffe@uwaphast.bitnet