Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] -L
Date: Monday, 14 Sep 2020, 11:48:20

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > What does
    >
    > "Follow symbolic links.  When find examines or prints information about
    > files, the information used shall be taken from the properties of the file
    > to which the link points, not from the link itself (unless it is a broken
    > symbolic link or find is unable to examine the file to which the link
    > points)"
    >
    > mean? If it is a broken symbolic link, does that just mean we look at the
    > target file, and if it doesnt exist, we return?

No, it means that you look at the link rather than the
file to which it points even though -L was specified.

--Stan-