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authorEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-09-08 20:47:40 -0600
committerEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-09-23 21:04:27 -0600
commitc4194dcc56767f8f96bc005088b292f519b13910 (patch)
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downloadgnulib-c4194dcc56767f8f96bc005088b292f519b13910.tar.gz
linkat: new module
* modules/linkat: New file. * lib/at-func2.c (at_func2): Likewise. * lib/linkat.c (linkat): Likewise. * m4/linkat.m4 (gl_FUNC_LINKAT): Likewise. * lib/openat-priv.h (at_func2): Add declaration. * m4/unistd_h.m4 (gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS): Add witnesses. * modules/unistd (Makefile.am): Substitute them. * lib/unistd.in.h (linkat): Declare it. * MODULES.html.sh (systems lacking POSIX:2008): Mention module. * doc/posix-functions/linkat.texi (linkat): Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/link.texi (link): Tweak wording. * tests/test-link.c (main): Move guts... * tests/test-link.h (test_link): ...into new file. * modules/linkat-tests: New test. * tests/test-linkat.c: Likewise. * modules/link-tests (Files): Ship new file. (Depends-on): Add stdbool. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
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+/* Create a hard link relative to open directories.
+ Copyright (C) 2009 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
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* written by Eric Blake */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include "areadlink.h"
+#include "dirname.h"
+#include "filenamecat.h"
+#include "openat-priv.h"
+
+#if HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
+# include <sys/param.h>
+#endif
+#ifndef MAXSYMLINKS
+# ifdef SYMLOOP_MAX
+# define MAXSYMLINKS SYMLOOP_MAX
+# else
+# define MAXSYMLINKS 20
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/* Create a link. If FILE1 is a symlink, either create a hardlink to
+ that symlink, or fake it by creating an identical symlink. */
+#if LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS == 0
+# define link_immediate link
+#else
+static int
+link_immediate (char const *file1, char const *file2)
+{
+ char *target = areadlink (file1);
+ if (target)
+ {
+ /* A symlink cannot be modified in-place. Therefore, creating
+ an identical symlink behaves like a hard link to a symlink,
+ except for incorrect st_ino and st_nlink. However, we must
+ be careful of EXDEV. */
+ struct stat st1;
+ struct stat st2;
+ char *dir = mdir_name (file2);
+ if (!dir)
+ {
+ free (target);
+ errno = ENOMEM;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (lstat (file1, &st1) == 0 && stat (dir, &st2) == 0)
+ {
+ if (st1.st_dev == st2.st_dev)
+ {
+ int result = symlink (target, file2);
+ int saved_errno = errno;
+ free (target);
+ free (dir);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return result;
+ }
+ free (target);
+ free (dir);
+ errno = EXDEV;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ free (target);
+ free (dir);
+ }
+ if (errno == ENOMEM)
+ return -1;
+ return link (file1, file2);
+}
+#endif
+
+/* Create a link. If FILE1 is a symlink, create a hardlink to the
+ canonicalized file. */
+#if 0 < LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS
+# define link_follow link
+#else
+static int
+link_follow (char const *file1, char const *file2)
+{
+ char *name = (char *) file1;
+ char *target;
+ int result;
+ int i = MAXSYMLINKS;
+
+ /* Using realpath or canonicalize_file_name is too heavy-handed: we
+ don't need an absolute name, and we don't need to resolve
+ intermediate symlinks, just the basename of each iteration. */
+ while (i-- && (target = areadlink (name)))
+ {
+ if (IS_ABSOLUTE_FILE_NAME (target))
+ {
+ if (name != file1)
+ free (name);
+ name = target;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ char *dir = mdir_name (name);
+ if (name != file1)
+ free (name);
+ if (!dir)
+ {
+ free (target);
+ errno = ENOMEM;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ name = mfile_name_concat (dir, target, NULL);
+ free (dir);
+ free (target);
+ if (!name)
+ {
+ errno = ENOMEM;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if (i < 0)
+ {
+ target = NULL;
+ errno = ELOOP;
+ }
+ if (!target && errno != EINVAL)
+ {
+ if (name != file1)
+ {
+ int saved_errno = errno;
+ free (name);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ }
+ return -1;
+ }
+ result = link (name, file2);
+ if (name != file1)
+ {
+ int saved_errno = errno;
+ free (name);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ }
+ return result;
+}
+#endif
+
+/* Create a link to FILE1, in the directory open on descriptor FD1, to FILE2,
+ in the directory open on descriptor FD2. If FILE1 is a symlink, FLAG
+ controls whether to dereference FILE1 first. If possible, do it without
+ changing the working directory. Otherwise, resort to using
+ save_cwd/fchdir, then rename/restore_cwd. If either the save_cwd or
+ the restore_cwd fails, then give a diagnostic and exit nonzero. */
+
+int
+linkat (int fd1, char const *file1, int fd2, char const *file2, int flag)
+{
+ if (flag & ~AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
+ {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return at_func2 (fd1, file1, fd2, file2,
+ flag ? link_follow : link_immediate);
+}