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Re: ange-ftp-insert-directory should not follow symlinks
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: ange-ftp-insert-directory should not follow symlinks |
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Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:36:23 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> My understanding is that it was added because with some FTP servers
> "ls foo" fails to list the contents of the foo directory when foo is
> a symlink.
> That is what I recall. I also recall that it always caused some
> problems, but it was the lesser evil.
> So I suggest we remove the symlink-following code from
> ange-ftp-insert-directory, since it is otherwise harmful.
> Ok, please do.
Done,
Stefan