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Re: PATCH: cd -q (was Re: _canonical_path ...)
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- From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
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- Subject: Re: PATCH: cd -q (was Re: _canonical_path ...)
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:48:35 +0000
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"Mikael Magnusson" wrote:
> If the -P option is given or the CHASE_LINKS option is set,
> symbolic links are resolved to their true values. If the -L option
> is given symbolic links are followed regardless of the state of the
> CHASE_LINKS option.
> Intuitively this paragraph doesn't make any sense. Both options seem
> to do the same thing? (-P || CHASE_LINKS) || -L == -P || -L ||
> CHASE_LINKS
-L is the opposite of the -P (logical rather than physical). "Followed"
is a little unclear; it should be something like "retained", unless
someone can express it better.
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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx> Software Engineer
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