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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: find(1) and symbolic links
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 22:52:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 22:52:37 1985
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Find is designed not to traverse symbolic links, as they often cause
pathname loops.  It is arguably a mistake to skip those that are given
in the pathname-list....
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