David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes: > rmind@ points out that it's possible to create zero-length symlinks. > As zero-length symlinks aren't sensible, this should probably be > prohibited. Does anyone see any reason they shouldn't be? What does POSIX say? I note that one can't creaet a zero-length file: > touch "" touch: : No such file or directory and a zero-length symlink seems more confounding than useful, so I'm inclined to prohibit it. Certainly the same rules about allowable names should apply to symlinks and files.
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