Re: strange behaviour: sed follows symlink when reading but not when writing on -i and without --follow-symlinks
John Cowan <[email protected]>
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Christoph Anton Mitterer scripsit: > uhm... well you could check first, whether the file is a symlink... but > I guess you don't wanna do that for performance reasons? It's normal to let the kernel follow symlinks. The exceptions arise when you are doing something unusual like -i. -- John Cowan [email protected] http://ccil.org/~cowan You cannot enter here. Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go! --Gandalf