Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264368AbUAHM3S (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 07:29:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264371AbUAHM3S (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 07:29:18 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([62.73.5.179]:32270 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264368AbUAHM3S (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 07:29:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 13:29:16 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [autofs] [RFC] Towards a Modern Autofs Message-ID: <20040108122916.GA72001@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Kernel Mailing List References: <3FFB12AD.6010000@sun.com> <3FFC8E5B.40203@sun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FFC8E5B.40203@sun.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 640 Lines: 16 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. - 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/