Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:59:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:59:25 -0500 Received: from 195-219-31-160.sp-static.linix.net ([195.219.31.160]:2944 "EHLO r2d2.office") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:59:24 -0500 Message-ID: <3DF9F780.1070300@walrond.org> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:06:40 +0000 From: Andrew Walrond User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021020 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com Subject: Symlink indirection Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 482 Lines: 14 Quick question; Is the number of allowed levels of symlink indirection (if that is the right phrase; I mean symlink -> symlink -> ... -> file) dependant on the kernel, or libc ? Where is it defined, and can it be changed? TIA Andrew - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/