On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:35:07 -0500 Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 08/28/2016 12:34 PM, Greg Kurz wrote: > > >> > >> For the sake of simplicity, I'd rather have the target names to follow the > >> same rules as other file names, and return ENOENT directly (the link you > >> provide states it is a valid option). > >> > >> Peter, > >> > >> Since you suggested to do explicit error checking on empty file names, do > >> you have an opinion on the case of symlinks with an empty target ? > > Failing with ENOENT for both "" and for "a/b" seems reasonable to me (a > directory entry named "a/b" can never exist, just as "" cannot exist). > But of course the target may still be a path with slashes :) And since we don't care for / until the link is dereferenced, I'm not so sure there is any checking to be done on the target name actually. -- Greg
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