Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] lstat vs stat clarifying question
Date: Sunday, 06 Sep 2020, 21:59:21

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > In your response, you said
    >
    > "Unless the -L flag is specified, for -newer the relevant
    > time is that when the symbolic link was created, not
    > that when the target of the link was.  Thus fiend uses
    > lstat(), not stat() in that case."
    >
    > I just want to make sure I am understanding this correctly. Does this mean
    > to use lstat() when -P is specified and stat() when -L is specified?

Yes, the tree search should use lstat() if -P is specified
and stat() if -L is specified.

--Stan-