How to make sendmail re-read the configuration file (and cron)

[Eduardo Krell]

In article <2409 at mcc-pp.UUCP> ables at mcc-pp.UUCP writes:
>Now, the question I have is why would you ever NOT want stat()
>to resolve the link and stat the actual disk file rather than the
>link???

stat() always follows symbolic links; lstat() does not. You need lstat()
to see what the permissions are on (and who owns) a link, for instance.

Unless programs use lstat(), they will follow symbolic links and will be
unaware of their existence.
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