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O_NOFOLLOW

To: GNU libc hacker <libc-hacker@gnu.org>
Subject: O_NOFOLLOW
From: Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 04:38:12 -0400

Does O_NOFOLLOW mean to not follow symlinks, and instead open the node for
the symlink itself?  The Hurd has had O_NOLINK to mean that for years.  I
wish Linux hackers could be bothered to look three feet for an existing
name to be compatible with.

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