Differences between version 2 and predecessor to the previous major change of ELOOP.
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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Friday, January 7, 2005 1:03:06 am | by JuergenNickelsen | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Monday, October 7, 2002 10:08:32 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
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!!!Too many symbolic links encountered
To prevent symbolic links linking back to themselves and causing an infinite loop in the kernel, the kernel stops after a certain number of symbolic links have been followed with ELOOP. This doesn't necessarily mean that there is a loop, but that there are too many symbolic links encountered.
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+The maximum number of symbolic links followed is currently 5 (with Linux 2.4.27). To match other operating systems with higher limits (e. g. Solaris 9 with 20, FreeBSD 5.3 with 32), there is ongoing work to increase that limit.
