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Shouldn't this be configurable at the OS level? If you don't want programs to be able to treat symlinked files differently from "real" files, then don't expose
by dmurray 7y ago
Shouldn't this be configurable at the OS level? If you don't want programs to be able to treat symlinked files differently from "real" files, then don't expose an is_this_a_symlink() API, or at least have the system configurable so this always returns false for certain callers.
It seems wrong to say a program is broken when it's using the OS-provided API in the documented way.
- Dylan16807 7y agoThat's a lot of work for what's still only a partial solution. Some symlinks inside Dropbox should get synced as symlinks. But for these use cases, some shouldn't.