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Filename generation: instruct zsh not to follow symbolic links?

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Filename generation: instruct zsh not to follow symbolic links?
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:17:50 +0200
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In filename generation, is there a way to instruct zsh not to follow
symbolic links?

Unfortunately, it is not possible to use glob qualifiers on
pathname components (except the last one, i.e. ending the pattern),
e.g. *(/)/foo, even though there would be no ambiguity in parsing
(because a slash cannot appear in a pathname component).

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