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Re: [MiNT] symlinks and hostfs

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Subject: Re: [MiNT] symlinks and hostfs
From: Petr Stehlik <pstehlik@sophics.cz>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:34:47 +0200
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Alan Hourihane píše v Pá 28. 08. 2009 v 16:31 +0100:

> I'm not sure why symlinks are specially treated and then go off and follow
> their real pointers. It's just wrong.

Standa (the author of HostFS) said that the additional code checks
whether the file the symlink points to resides in one of the mapped
paths. If it points somewhere outside then he tries to simulate that
it's a real file for the guest instead of a broken symlink.

Petr

References:
- [MiNT] symlinks and hostfs
  - From: Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>
- Re: [MiNT] symlinks and hostfs
  - From: Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>
- Re: [MiNT] symlinks and hostfs
  - From: Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>
- Re: [MiNT] symlinks and hostfs
  - From: Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>
- Re: [MiNT] symlinks and hostfs
  - From: Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>

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