Re: SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
"Yury V. Zaytsev via mc" <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Feb 2026 07:56:26 +0100
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--===============9193958192637185982== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_879FCD57-B9A6-4047-B0D3-EAADC13EE734" --Apple-Mail=_879FCD57-B9A6-4047-B0D3-EAADC13EE734 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Feb 5, 2026, at 05:41, mi via mc <[email protected]> = wrote: >=20 > When i enter a folder which is a symlink, like for example ~/test --> = ~ /tmp/test then the strace of mc is full of things like this: >=20 > newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/test/subfolder", {st_mode=3DS_IFDIR|0700, = st_size=3D40, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) =3D 0 >=20 > What does that NOFOLLOW mean, where is it coming from ? It=E2=80=99s getting the information about the symlink proper and not = the file that it's pointing to. https://linux.die.net/man/2/fstatat --Apple-Mail=_879FCD57-B9A6-4047-B0D3-EAADC13EE734 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Feb 5, = 2026, at 05:41, mi via mc <[email protected]> = wrote:</div><div><div><br>When i enter a folder which is a symlink, like = for example ~/test --> ~ /tmp/test then the strace of mc is full of = things like this:<br><br>newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/test/subfolder", = {st_mode=3DS_IFDIR|0700, st_size=3D40, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) =3D = 0<br><br>What does that NOFOLLOW mean, where is it coming from = ?</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>It=E2=80=99s getting the = information about the symlink proper and not the file that it's pointing = to.</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"https://linux.die.net/man/2/fstatat">https://linux.die.net/man/2/f= statat</a></div><div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_879FCD57-B9A6-4047-B0D3-EAADC13EE734-- --===============9193958192637185982== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- mc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.midnight-commander.org/mailman/listinfo/mc --===============9193958192637185982==--