From 4bd4925bd237b09e48fafa7c69c37130ed34a8f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bde <bde@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 18:50:44 +0000
Subject: 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.

---
 bin/ln/ln.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'bin')

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.
-- 
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