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/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby lstat succeeds when
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given the zero-length file name argument. The lstat from SunOS 4.1.4
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/* Work around a bug of lstat on some systems
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Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free
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Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free
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Software Foundation, Inc.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
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Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
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/* written by Jim Meyering */
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/* The specification of these functions is in sys_stat.h. But we cannot
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include this include file here, because on some systems, a
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"#define lstat lstat64" is being used, and sys_stat.h deletes this
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include "stat-macros.h"
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/* lstat works differently on Linux and Solaris systems. POSIX (see
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`pathname resolution' in the glossary) requires that programs like `ls'
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take into consideration the fact that FILE has a trailing slash when
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FILE is a symbolic link. On Linux systems, the lstat function already
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has the desired semantics (in treating `lstat("symlink/",sbuf)' just like
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`lstat("symlink/.",sbuf)', but on Solaris it does not.
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If FILE has a trailing slash and specifies a symbolic link,
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then append a `.' to FILE and call lstat a second time. */
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rpl_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
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int lstat_result = lstat (file, sbuf);
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if (lstat_result != 0 || !S_ISLNK (sbuf->st_mode))
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if (len == 0 || file[len - 1] != '/')
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/* FILE refers to a symbolic link and the name ends with a slash.
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Append a `.' to FILE and repeat the lstat call. */
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/* Add one for the `.' we'll append, and one more for the trailing NUL. */
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new_file = xmalloc (len + 1 + 1);
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memcpy (new_file, file, len);
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new_file[len + 1] = 0;
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lstat_result = lstat (new_file, sbuf);