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-rw-r--r--coreutils/ln.c25
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/ln.c b/coreutils/ln.c
index ea2d10eab..5591e8335 100644
--- a/coreutils/ln.c
+++ b/coreutils/ln.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
/* This is a NOEXEC applet. Be very careful! */
-
#define LN_SYMLINK (1 << 0)
#define LN_FORCE (1 << 1)
#define LN_NODEREFERENCE (1 << 2)
@@ -63,7 +62,22 @@ int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
int (*link_func)(const char *, const char *);
opts = getopt32(argv, "^" "sfnbS:vT" "\0" "-1", &suffix);
-
+/*
+ -s, --symbolic make symbolic links instead of hard links
+ -f, --force remove existing destination files
+ -n, --no-dereference treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory
+ -b like --backup but does not accept an argument
+ --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file
+ -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix
+ -v, --verbose
+ -T, --no-target-directory
+ -d, -F, --directory allow the superuser to attempt to hard link directories
+ -i, --interactive prompt whether to remove destinations
+ -L, --logical dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links
+ -P, --physical make hard links directly to symbolic links
+ -r, --relative create symbolic links relative to link location
+ -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links
+ */
last = argv[argc - 1];
argv += optind;
argc -= optind;
@@ -86,8 +100,11 @@ int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
src = last;
if (is_directory(src,
- (opts & LN_NODEREFERENCE) ^ LN_NODEREFERENCE
- )
+ /*followlinks:*/ !(opts & (LN_NODEREFERENCE|LN_LINKFILE))
+ /* Why LN_LINKFILE does not follow links:
+ * -T/--no-target-directory implies -n/--no-dereference
+ */
+ )
) {
if (opts & LN_LINKFILE) {
bb_error_msg_and_die("'%s' is a directory", src);