Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site enea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!enea!ber From: ber@enea.UUCP (Bjorn Eriksen) Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs,net.unix Subject: Re: Problem with patch and infinit directories Message-ID: <795@enea.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 21:22:24 EST Article-I.D.: enea.795 Posted: Sat Jan 5 21:22:24 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 02:41:58 EST References: <792@enea.UUCP> Reply-To: ber@enea.UUCP (Bjorn Eriksen) Organization: ENEA DATA, Sweden Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.sources.bugs:151 net.unix:3241 It turned out that I didn't create an infinit number of subdirectories but rather a directory linked to itself, that is in directory A I have directory B which is a symbolic link to A. As soon as I create a file in A it will appear in B and B/B and B/B/B ... The odd thing is that B isn't marked as a symbolic link but as an ordinary directory. How do I get rid of it? -- Bjorn Eriksen ENEA DATA Sweden UUCP: {decvax,philabs}!mcvax!enea!ber ARPA: decvax!mcvax!enea!ber@berkeley.arpa mcvax!enea!ber@seismo.arpa