On 31 Oct 2002 00:20:11 +0100
Klaus Klein <kleink@reziprozitaet.de> wrote:

> permitted by the file system), I would like to hear opinions about the
> addition of a new llink(2) (similar to lstat(2) etc.) interface to it.

That's the way I would personally do things, it avoids inconsistencies. I
write and maintain several security-aware applications (including a
virtual users ftpd which has to handle links in a special way), choosing
which behavior is wanted by calling a specific syscall seems the best...
Of course this would remain independant from the shell-interface ln
command behavior I assume

Matt