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Re: [MiNT] Mintlib bug (?): rmdir delets symlinks to nonempty directories

To: ole@monochrom.net
Subject: Re: [MiNT] Mintlib bug (?): rmdir delets symlinks to nonempty directories
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:24:23 +0100
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Ole <ole@monochrom.net> writes:

> While linux rmdir(symlink) follows the symlink

No, it doesn't.  That would violate POSIX, which mandates that rmdir
fails with ENOTDIR when called on a symlink.

Andreas.

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