Re: [autofs] [RFC] Towards a Modern Autofs

[Olivier Galibert]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 05:55:23PM -0500, Mike Waychison wrote:
> Yes, an 'ls' actually does an lstat on every file.

I guess you haven't met the plague called color-ls yet.  Lucky you.

Most modern file browsers also seem to feel obligated to follow
symlinks to check whether they're dangling.  A mis-click on "up" when
you're on your home directory could cause a beautiful mount-storm.

  OG.

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