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# Find the Final Entry

The lookup of the final component of the pathname goes just like that of all other components, with two differences: It is also possible to have a problem with the last component if it is a symbolic link and it should not be followed. For example, using the open(2) O_NOFOLLOW flag: `open(pathname = "a-symlink", flags = O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW) failed, Too many levels of symbolic links (ELOOP) because O_NOFOLLOW was specified but pathname refers to a symbolic link`