Bugtraq: Re: Tired of /tmp? Here's a proposed solution

[mouse () Holo Rodents Montreal QC CA (der Mouse)]

> Hmmm...before reading this article, try this on your platform.
> #!/bin/sh
> mkdir empty-directory
> ln -s test-directory empty-directory/test-symlink
> mkdir empty-directory/test-symlink
> if [ -d empty-directory/test-directory ]
> then result="does"
> else result="does NOT"
> fi
> echo "mkdir $result follow symlinks on `uname -msr`"
> Here's my results:
>         mkdir does NOT follow symlinks on Linux 2.0.11 i586
>         mkdir does NOT follow symlinks on SunOS 5.3 sun4m
And mine, in case anyone cares:

        /tmp/mkdir-test: uname: not found
        mkdir does follow symlinks on

        mkdir: empty-directory/test-symlink: File exists
        mkdir does NOT follow symlinks on NetBSD 1.2_BETA sun3

The former machine is a NeXT running NeXT's release 2.1.

                                        der Mouse

                               mouse () rodents montreal qc ca
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