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From: davids@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Dave Schreiber)
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Subject: Checking to see if a file's a link
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Date: 28 Apr 91 20:56:13 GMT
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Is there a way, under 2.0, to examine a file or directory from a program
and determine whether or not it's a link?  I'm trying to write a DU program
that will avoid going in circles if there's a link in a directory to an
ancestor of that directory.

On a related topic, will the release version of Workbench 2.x have this
sort of protection built into it's recursive commands (like dir)?  Currently,
if I have a directory 'foo', with a link to it's parent directory, and I
do a 'dir foo all', dir ends up going in circles.

Thanks.

-- 
Dave Schreiber                                    davids@ucscf.ucsc.edu 
"It was fun learning about logic, but I don't see where or when I will ever
use it again."