Re: encapsulating directory operations

On Wed, 21 May 2025 10:23:27 +1000, Paul Edwards wrote:

Your definition of "real world", is probably "not C90".

Precisely.

Your "real world" applications won't work on traditional MVS ...

Let’s face it: MVS stopped being part of the “real world” a long time ago.
Just about the time IBM’s mainframe business started circling the gurgler.

(Also, I think it’s called “z/OS” now.)

The key point about symlinks is they are not the same as hardlinks.

 
There is no such universal concept for either of those things,

Yes there is: they are defined in POSIX, which is an official standard,
after all.