Re: zero-length symlinks

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

david%l8s.co.uk@localhost (David Laight) writes:

>Actually I think you'll find that mkdir way always a system call.
>It was directory rename that was done with a series of link and
>unlink system calls.

mkdir(1) did a sequence of mknod,chown,link,link if you believe
the public sys3 sources. According to pubs.opengroup.org, the
mkdir system call originated in 4.2BSD.