[Remind-Fans] tkremind kills symlinks
David F. Skoll
dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Thu Jun 24 15:25:21 EDT 2010
Ben Love wrote:
> # Fake wish/sh combined syntax.
> set RemindFile $(readlink -f ~/.reminders)
Weeelll...
> Perhaps it's a lot more complicated than that though.
Yes. You may have a chain of symlinks; you have to follow them all.
You may have a circle of symlinks, in which case you need to break the loop
and complain.
All in all, a fair amount of work. I'd much rather say "Don't do that!"
and leave it at that. :)
Regards,
David.
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