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| author | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-12-06 18:50:44 +0000 |
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| committer | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-12-06 18:50:44 +0000 |
| commit | 4bd4925bd237b09e48fafa7c69c37130ed34a8f7 (patch) | |
| tree | bebd56940232b19a97e129fd6998f7c88c36a0bd | |
| parent | 024cb43d29361b6f473fdd5cc74cf91b8882a681 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-4bd4925bd237b09e48fafa7c69c37130ed34a8f7.zip FreeBSD-src-4bd4925bd237b09e48fafa7c69c37130ed34a8f7.tar.gz | |
Use lstat() instead of stat() for checking if the final source file exists,
so that `ln -fs' works when the source is a symlink pointing to a non-
existent file.
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ln/ln.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ln/ln.c b/bin/ln/ln.c index 71c1a57..73fffa7 100644 --- a/bin/ln/ln.c +++ b/bin/ln/ln.c @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * - * $Id$ + * $Id: ln.c,v 1.4 1994/09/24 02:55:48 davidg Exp $ */ #ifndef lint @@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ linkit(target, source, isdir) ++p; (void)snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", source, p); source = path; - exists = !stat(source, &sb); + exists = !lstat(source, &sb); } else - exists = !stat(source, &sb); + exists = !lstat(source, &sb); /* * If the file exists, and -f was specified, unlink it. |
