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-rw-r--r--tests/file.test4
-rw-r--r--toys/posix/file.c9
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/file.test b/tests/file.test
index 234282f9..4c7f001c 100644
--- a/tests/file.test
+++ b/tests/file.test
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ echo "#! /bin/bash" > bash.script2
echo "#! /usr/bin/env python" > env.python.script
echo "Hello, world!" > ascii
echo "cafebabe000000310000" | xxd -r -p > java.class
+ln -s java.class symlink
testing "empty" "file empty" "empty: empty\n" "" ""
testing "bash.script" "file bash.script" "bash.script: /bin/bash script\n" "" ""
@@ -17,5 +18,8 @@ testing "bash.script with spaces" "file bash.script2" "bash.script2: /bin/bash s
testing "env python script" "file env.python.script" "env.python.script: python script\n" "" ""
testing "ascii" "file ascii" "ascii: ASCII text\n" "" ""
testing "java class" "file java.class" "java.class: Java class file, version 49.0\n" "" ""
+testing "symlink" "file symlink" "symlink: symbolic link\n" "" ""
+testing "symlink -h" "file -h symlink" "symlink: symbolic link\n" "" ""
+testing "symlink -L" "file -L symlink" "symlink: Java class file, version 49.0\n" "" ""
rm empty bash.script bash.script2 env.python.script ascii java.class
diff --git a/toys/posix/file.c b/toys/posix/file.c
index 27b4c0c2..335c67ce 100644
--- a/toys/posix/file.c
+++ b/toys/posix/file.c
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@
*
* TODO: ar
-USE_FILE(NEWTOY(file, "<1", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_BIN))
+USE_FILE(NEWTOY(file, "<1hL[!hL]", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_BIN))
config FILE
bool "file"
default y
help
- usage: file [file...]
+ usage: file [-hL] [file...]
Examine the given files and describe their content types.
+
+ -h don't follow symlinks (default)
+ -L follow symlinks
*/
#define FOR_file
@@ -281,7 +284,7 @@ void file_main(void)
xprintf("%s: %*s", name, (int)(TT.max_name_len - strlen(name)), "");
- if (fd || !lstat(name, &sb)) {
+ if (fd || !((toys.optflags & FLAG_L) ? stat : lstat)(name, &sb)) {
if (fd || S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
if (!sb.st_size) what = "empty";
else if ((fd = openro(name, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {