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Date:      Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:57:10 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972@gmail.com>
Cc:        Freebsd hackers list <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Implementing O_SYMLINK in FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <86qzqt6hbd.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
In-Reply-To: <CAPJSo4Xvp4rx3jOJSQWNaF2OqO5aM7GqQcfcsJE3Nc36fE2qVA@mail.gmail.com> (Lionel Cons's message of "Mon, 9 Feb 2026 16:14:00 %2B0100")
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Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972@gmail.com> writes:
> O_SYMLINK opens the symlink itself, and not the file it is referring
> to.

Correct.

> If the name is not a symlink, the openat() will fail.

Incorrect.

DES
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