Re: linux symlink on 6thday

[Andrew Mortensen <admorten@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 26, 2005, at 1:43 PM, Willie Northway wrote:

> Does anyone mind if I delete the recursive "linux" symlink? I'd hate 
> to break something.
>
> sixthday-radmind:; ls -ld linux linux/linux linux/linux/linux
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 radmind  blackops       1 Dec  8 09:23 linux -> .
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 radmind  blackops       1 Dec  8 09:23 linux/linux -> .
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 radmind  blackops       1 Dec  8 09:23 
> linux/linux/linux -> .
>
> It makes recursive grep unhappy:
>
> sixthday-radmind:; grep -r 'etc/krb5.conf ' * | grep -v RCS > 
> /tmp/needle
> grep: warning: linux/linux: recursive directory loop
>
> Thanks!

Go ahead. That was my fault. I put it in place for an rsync, and should 
have deleted it when the sync was done.

andrew