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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/lstat.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/lstat.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lstat.c b/lib/lstat.c index d786288f2b7..db119a10d3f 100644 --- a/lib/lstat.c +++ b/lib/lstat.c @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /* Work around a bug of lstat on some systems - Copyright (C) 1997-2006, 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1997-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ orig_lstat (const char *filename, struct stat *buf) # include <errno.h> /* lstat works differently on Linux and Solaris systems. POSIX (see - `pathname resolution' in the glossary) requires that programs like - `ls' take into consideration the fact that FILE has a trailing slash + "pathname resolution" in the glossary) requires that programs like + 'ls' take into consideration the fact that FILE has a trailing slash when FILE is a symbolic link. On Linux and Solaris 10 systems, the lstat function already has the desired semantics (in treating - `lstat ("symlink/", sbuf)' just like `lstat ("symlink/.", sbuf)', + 'lstat ("symlink/", sbuf)' just like 'lstat ("symlink/.", sbuf)', but on Solaris 9 and earlier it does not. If FILE has a trailing slash and specifies a symbolic link, |