> > I would handle this actually like symbolic links are handled under linux. If you delete a symbolic link, the link gets 
> > detected and NOT the file the link is pointing to.
> > 
> > So I conclude that the "follow links" is a misconception and should be removed.
> 
> I am finally writing test code for the ODB API, partially to discover what db_delete_key(TRUE) actually does,
> because when I went ahead to remove it, I found that it's use is inconsistent. And indeed
> it does strange and unexpected things, I will proceed with removing it.
> 

this is now merged into develop. there will be deprecation warnings from mvodb and from midas_c_compat, I and Ben will clean 
them up, just not today.

for more detail, see separate message.

K.O.