Re: autoclean mode for tmpfs

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 02:48:14PM -0400, Mouse wrote:
 > > lrwx------  1 dholland  notmp    3 Aug  7 12:32 baz -> bar
 > > valkyrie% rmdir baz
 > > rmdir: baz: Not a directory
 > 
 > !  Hm, I see that too.
 > 
 > I wonder where I got the idea it followed symlinks.

Probably because in sys_rmdir:

        NDINIT(&nd, DELETE, LOCKPARENT | LOCKLEAF | TRYEMULROOT, pb);

however:

#define FOLLOW          0x00000040      /* follow symbolic links */
#define NOFOLLOW        0x00000000      /* do not follow symbolic links
                                           (pseudo) */

This is one of the reasons behavior like this should be controlled by
booleans or enums rather than flags...

 > My apologies for spreading misinformation.

I was worried for a moment :-)

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost