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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2009-07-05 12:49:29 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2009-07-05 12:49:29 +0200
commit2d7b5bfa9bd0b8096bf1ec5069fb6638d538a028 (patch)
tree5d44e107ed6ad34e804fa14d4febf08540650f66 /libbb/copy_file.c
parent09e63bb81f12707d31c8c4570931af0196b53a46 (diff)
cp: by popular demand, make it POSIX compliant (but less safe)
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'libbb/copy_file.c')
-rw-r--r--libbb/copy_file.c18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index d804eccfa..4d2f17aa5 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
* Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
*
*/
-
#include "libbb.h"
+// FEATURE_NON_POSIX_CP:
+//
// POSIX: if exists and -i, ask (w/o -i assume yes).
// Then open w/o EXCL (yes, not unlink!).
// If open still fails and -f, try unlink, then try open again.
@@ -23,22 +24,21 @@
// NB: we have special code which still allows for "cp file /dev/node"
// to work POSIX-ly (the only realistic case where it makes sense)
-#define DO_POSIX_CP 0 /* 1 - POSIX behavior, 0 - safe behavior */
-
// errno must be set to relevant value ("why we cannot create dest?")
// for POSIX mode to give reasonable error message
static int ask_and_unlink(const char *dest, int flags)
{
int e = errno;
-#if DO_POSIX_CP
+#if !ENABLE_FEATURE_NON_POSIX_CP
if (!(flags & (FILEUTILS_FORCE|FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE))) {
// Either it exists, or the *path* doesnt exist
bb_perror_msg("cannot create '%s'", dest);
return -1;
}
#endif
- // If !DO_POSIX_CP, act as if -f is always in effect - we don't want
- // "cannot create" msg, we want unlink to be done (silently unless -i).
+ // If ENABLE_FEATURE_NON_POSIX_CP, act as if -f is always in effect
+ // - we don't want "cannot create" msg, we want unlink to be done
+ // (silently unless -i).
// TODO: maybe we should do it only if ctty is present?
if (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE) {
@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ int FAST_FUNC copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
* non-interactive cp. NB: it is still racy
* for "cp file /home/bad_user/file" case
* (user can rm file and create a link to /etc/passwd) */
- if (DO_POSIX_CP
+ if (!ENABLE_FEATURE_NON_POSIX_CP
|| (dest_exists
- && !(flags & (FILEUTILS_RECUR|FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE))
- && !S_ISLNK(dest_stat.st_mode))
+ && !(flags & (FILEUTILS_RECUR|FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE))
+ && !S_ISLNK(dest_stat.st_mode))
) {
dst_fd = open(dest, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, new_mode);
} else /* safe way: */