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.
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bde 1994-12-06 18:50:44 +00:00
parent 024cb43d29
commit 4bd4925bd2

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@ -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.