[Gllug] Directories mounted over a network

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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Tethys whispered secretively:
> 
> "Dan Stevens (IAmAI)" writes:
> 
>>Is there anyway I can reduce the timeout time, or to prevent Linux from
>>trying to access the link target unless I actually need to access its
>>contents, other than putting in the link in a subdirectory?
> 
> Add the -L flag to your ls command.

That *forces* it to dereference the link. That's backwards.

The --color=no might help: ls in colour mode dereferences symlinks to
work out if they're broken or not.

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