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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>1999-11-06 06:07:27 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>1999-11-06 06:07:27 +0000
commit29d2e362dedf42d60ffebf6756144fb5449e753a (patch)
tree57ba26bdcf5dae8deb91a3d1a9b47bcc140689a0 /coreutils/ln.c
parentbc3419069494fac078b316ce3a2f6a232c763c3e (diff)
Fixed ln, df, and removed redundant stuff from mtab.
Diffstat (limited to 'coreutils/ln.c')
-rw-r--r--coreutils/ln.c33
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/ln.c b/coreutils/ln.c
index 1e30e2b29..62496fba0 100644
--- a/coreutils/ln.c
+++ b/coreutils/ln.c
@@ -27,23 +27,21 @@
#include <errno.h>
-static const char ln_usage[] = "ln [-s] [-f] original-name additional-name\n"
-"\n"
-"\tAdd a new name that refers to the same file as \"original-name\"\n"
-"\n"
-"\t-s:\tUse a \"symbolic\" link, instead of a \"hard\" link.\n"
-"\t-f:\tRemove existing destination files.\n";
+static const char ln_usage[] = "ln [OPTION] TARGET... LINK_NAME|DIRECTORY\n"
+"Create a link named LINK_NAME or DIRECTORY to the specified TARGET\n"
+"\nOptions:\n"
+"\t-s\tmake symbolic links instead of hard links\n"
+"\t-f\tremove existing destination files\n";
static int symlinkFlag = FALSE;
static int removeoldFlag = FALSE;
-static const char *destName;
extern int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int status;
- char newdestName[NAME_MAX];
+ static char* linkName;
if (argc < 3) {
usage (ln_usage);
@@ -69,30 +67,27 @@ extern int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
}
- destName = argv[argc - 1];
+ linkName = argv[argc - 1];
- if ((argc > 3) && !(isDirectory(destName))) {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s: not a directory\n", destName);
+ if ((argc > 3) && !(isDirectory(linkName))) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: not a directory\n", linkName);
exit (FALSE);
}
while (argc-- >= 2) {
- strcpy(newdestName, destName);
- strcat(newdestName, (*argv)+(strlen(*(++argv))));
-
if (removeoldFlag==TRUE ) {
- status = ( unlink(newdestName) && errno != ENOENT );
+ status = ( unlink(linkName) && errno != ENOENT );
if ( status != 0 ) {
- perror(newdestName);
+ perror(linkName);
exit( FALSE);
}
}
if ( symlinkFlag==TRUE)
- status = symlink(*argv, newdestName);
+ status = symlink(*argv, linkName);
else
- status = link(*argv, newdestName);
+ status = link(*argv, linkName);
if ( status != 0 ) {
- perror(newdestName);
+ perror(linkName);
exit( FALSE);
}
}