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1 /* Work around a bug of lstat on some systems
3 Copyright (C) 1997-2006, 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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18 /* written by Jim Meyering */
20 #include <config.h>
22 #if !HAVE_LSTAT
23 /* On systems that lack symlinks, our replacement <sys/stat.h> already
24 defined lstat as stat, so there is nothing further to do other than
25 avoid an empty file. */
26 typedef int dummy;
27 #else /* HAVE_LSTAT */
29 /* Get the original definition of lstat. It might be defined as a macro. */
30 # define __need_system_sys_stat_h
31 # include <sys/types.h>
32 # include <sys/stat.h>
33 # undef __need_system_sys_stat_h
35 static inline int
36 orig_lstat (const char *filename, struct stat *buf)
38 return lstat (filename, buf);
41 /* Specification. */
42 # include <sys/stat.h>
44 # include <string.h>
45 # include <errno.h>
47 /* lstat works differently on Linux and Solaris systems. POSIX (see
48 `pathname resolution' in the glossary) requires that programs like
49 `ls' take into consideration the fact that FILE has a trailing slash
50 when FILE is a symbolic link. On Linux and Solaris 10 systems, the
51 lstat function already has the desired semantics (in treating
52 `lstat ("symlink/", sbuf)' just like `lstat ("symlink/.", sbuf)',
53 but on Solaris 9 and earlier it does not.
55 If FILE has a trailing slash and specifies a symbolic link,
56 then use stat() to get more info on the referent of FILE.
57 If the referent is a non-directory, then set errno to ENOTDIR
58 and return -1. Otherwise, return stat's result. */
60 int
61 rpl_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
63 size_t len;
64 int lstat_result = orig_lstat (file, sbuf);
66 if (lstat_result != 0)
67 return lstat_result;
69 /* This replacement file can blindly check against '/' rather than
70 using the ISSLASH macro, because all platforms with '\\' either
71 lack symlinks (mingw) or have working lstat (cygwin) and thus do
72 not compile this file. 0 len should have already been filtered
73 out above, with a failure return of ENOENT. */
74 len = strlen (file);
75 if (file[len - 1] != '/' || S_ISDIR (sbuf->st_mode))
76 return 0;
78 /* At this point, a trailing slash is only permitted on
79 symlink-to-dir; but it should have found information on the
80 directory, not the symlink. Call stat() to get info about the
81 link's referent. Our replacement stat guarantees valid results,
82 even if the symlink is not pointing to a directory. */
83 if (!S_ISLNK (sbuf->st_mode))
85 errno = ENOTDIR;
86 return -1;
88 return stat (file, sbuf);
91 #endif /* HAVE_LSTAT */