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grep -r follows symlinks


From: Sven Neuhaus
Subject: grep -r follows symlinks
Date: 18 Feb 2002 12:16:00 +0100

Hello,

I noticed this problem / bug with grep 2.4.2:
"grep -r" follows symlinks. I have a symlink
/home/sn/.gnome-desktop/Heimverzeichnis pointing to
/home/sn.

Issuing "grep -r searchterm .[A-z]*" in my homedir lead
to an infinite loop.

-Sven




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