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

[Mike Waychison]

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Olivier Galibert wrote:
> 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.

Why would any file browser or even ls feel compelled to 'stat' something 
right after an 'lstat' says it is not a symbolic link though?

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