From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 06:23:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (gobble_file): Don't stat symlinks unless we need to.
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-3_8_3b~100
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=89ed6c2fec63c608f356403a406dd1bde5a33937;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(gobble_file): Don't stat symlinks unless we need to.
From Mike Rendell <michael@mercury.cs.mun.ca>.
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diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 202e16c6f4..f4ae904b7f 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -942,7 +942,12 @@ gobble_file (name, explicit_arg, dirname)
 	  get_link_name (path, &files[files_index]);
 	  linkpath = make_link_path (path, files[files_index].linkname);
 
-	  if (linkpath && stat (linkpath, &linkstats) == 0)
+	  /* Avoid following symbolic links when possible, ie, when
+	     they won't be traced and when no indicator is needed. */
+	  if (linkpath
+	      && ((explicit_arg && format != long_format)
+		   || indicator_style != none)
+	      && stat (linkpath, &linkstats) == 0)
 	    {
 	      /* Symbolic links to directories that are mentioned on the
 		 command line are automatically traced if not being