[Haskell-cafe] System.Posix.Files.isDirectory and System.Posix.Files.isSymbolicLink

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Duncan Coutts wrote:

> No, it is the correct POSIX behaviour. You are thinking of lstat() which
> is what getSymbolicLinkStatus uses. The getFileStatus function calls
> stat().

Maybe this is a naming issue.

In C I think of "lstat" as "stat" but don't follow link.

If getSymbolicLinkStatus was instead called getFileStatusNoFollowLink I
think there would be less chance of confusion.

Cheers,
Erik
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