[bugs #12181] find -H/-L symlink_to_dir reports "Too many levels of symbolic links"

[Geoff Clare]

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                 Summary: find -H/-L symlink_to_dir reports "Too many levels
of symbolic links"
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: geoffclare
            Submitted on: Tue 03/01/2005 at 10:00
                Category: find
                Severity: 5 - Average
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Geoff Clare
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 4.2.18
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

$ mkdir dir
$ ln -s dir link
$ touch dir/file
$ find -H link
link
find: link: Too many levels of symbolic links
$ find -L link
link
find: link: Too many levels of symbolic links

The problem doesn't occur with 4.2.15:

$ find-4.2.15 -H link
link
link/file
$ find-4.2.15 -L link
link
link/file







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