[patch #4354] add --no-recurse-symlinks feature

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: add --no-recurse-symlinks feature
                 Project: grep
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 08/26/05 at 14:25
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open

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Details:

Please find attached a patch which adds a flag --no-recurse-symlinks to GNU
grep 2.5.1, for use with the --recurse option.

This patch allows the option to ignore symlinks encountered in the course of
recursion, although any symlinks explicitly listed on the  command-line are
still followed.

The reason for this patch is that although there is already a trap to avoid
symlink loops, there are situations where following symlinks on recursion can
still be unwanted -- e.g. the same file or directory gets searched multiple
times, or a link points to a directory outside of the tree being recursed.




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Date: Fri 08/26/05 at 14:25  Name: grep-2.5.1-no-recurse-symlinks.patch 
Size: 2.18KB   By: None
Patch for --no-recurse-symlinks (against stable version 2.5.1)
<http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/download.php?item_id=4354&item_file_id=5080>

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