Re: :del and symlinks

Tim Hemel wrote:

> I have experienced a problem with symlinks with aap 1.068.
> 
> If i use :del {r}{f} dir  and dir contains a symlink that points to
> a non-existing file, aap complains and stops.

I cannot reproduce this.  For me Aap deletes the directory and
everything in it.

> I do not know what happens when it contains a link that points to its
> parent, creating an endless loop.

I did a simple test and it simply didn't delete the link pointing
upwards.  It runs into some limit and then breaks out of the loop.
Detecting a symlink loop is quite difficult...

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