On 2019-06-05, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 05/06/2019 à 12:49, José Abílio Matos a écrit : >> On Wednesday, 5 June 2019 10.55.11 WEST Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >>>> I hope this change can be considered for inclusion in a future LyX >>>> version.
>>>> Regards, >>>> Michael >> The problem with this approach is the same problem that we have when >> traversing a path following links. We need to ensure that we do not get into >> a >> cyclic graph or else the program will enter an infinite cycle. >> From the python documentation: >> https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.walk >> Note >> Be aware that setting followlinks to True can lead to infinite recursion if a >> link points to a parent directory of itself. walk() does not keep track of >> the >> directories it visited already. > Michael, > It seems that the thing to do is to keep track of visited directories, > like here for example: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36977259/avoiding-infinite-recursion-with-os-walk > Could you have a go at it? Unless José beats you to it... I remember that some people complained because of delays when symlinks point to removable media or "the cloud". So there might be no "one setting fits all" approach. Günter
