From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 16:21:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (do_link): Fix typo (in which the function name `symlink'
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0j-trial~79
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=81718d1a58062a8908d602f27cee47b96073a8e8;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(do_link): Fix typo (in which the function name `symlink'
was tested instead of the variable `symbolic_link') that could make
ln perform an unneeded `stat' call.
---

diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index b13d1629a3..b0c1149eb6 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
 	 beyond this point, because the error message you'd get is
 	 misleading.  */
       && (backup_type == none || !symlink)
-      && (!symlink || stat (source, &source_stats) == 0)
+      && (!symbolic_link || stat (source, &source_stats) == 0)
       && source_stats.st_dev == dest_stats.st_dev
       && source_stats.st_ino == dest_stats.st_ino
       /* The following detects whether removing DEST will also remove