1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/toys/posix/ln.c b/toys/posix/ln.c
index fea6fff2..d69aabf4 100644
--- a/toys/posix/ln.c
+++ b/toys/posix/ln.c
@@ -47,11 +47,8 @@ void ln_main(void)
     int rc;
     char *try = toys.optargs[i];
 
-    if (S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
-      new = strrchr(try, '/');
-      if (!new) new = try;
-      new = xmsprintf("%s/%s", dest, new);
-    } else new = dest;
+    if (S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) new = xmsprintf("%s/%s", dest, basename(try));
+    else new = dest;
     /* Silently unlink the existing target. If it doesn't exist,
      * then we just move on */
     if (toys.optflags & FLAG_f) unlink(new);