Re: What happened to /var/spool/<user>/mail? Why, when, how the change to /var/<user>/mail
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 01:08:02PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 12:17:14AM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> > I don't know if symlinks are 100% transparent to an application, but
> > perhaps creating the link is all it takes.
>
> Yes, they are and yes, it is.
Actually, apps that care about chasing symlinks they shouldn't can check
for them and refuse to follow them. But most apps don't need to care,
so they don't check...
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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