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[oweals/busybox.git] / coreutils / ln.c
1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
2 /*
3  * Mini ln implementation for busybox
4  *
5  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
6  *
7  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
8  */
9 //config:config LN
10 //config:       bool "ln (4.9 kb)"
11 //config:       default y
12 //config:       help
13 //config:       ln is used to create hard or soft links between files.
14
15 //applet:IF_LN(APPLET_NOEXEC(ln, ln, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP, ln))
16
17 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_LN) += ln.o
18
19 /* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 compliant */
20 /* BB_AUDIT GNU options missing: -d, -F, -i, and -v. */
21 /* http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/ln.html */
22
23 //usage:#define ln_trivial_usage
24 //usage:       "[OPTIONS] TARGET... LINK|DIR"
25 //usage:#define ln_full_usage "\n\n"
26 //usage:       "Create a link LINK or DIR/TARGET to the specified TARGET(s)\n"
27 //usage:     "\n        -s      Make symlinks instead of hardlinks"
28 //usage:     "\n        -f      Remove existing destinations"
29 //usage:     "\n        -n      Don't dereference symlinks - treat like normal file"
30 //usage:     "\n        -b      Make a backup of the target (if exists) before link operation"
31 //usage:     "\n        -S suf  Use suffix instead of ~ when making backup files"
32 //usage:     "\n        -T      Treat LINK as a file, not DIR"
33 //usage:     "\n        -v      Verbose"
34 //usage:
35 //usage:#define ln_example_usage
36 //usage:       "$ ln -s BusyBox /tmp/ls\n"
37 //usage:       "$ ls -l /tmp/ls\n"
38 //usage:       "lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            7 Apr 12 18:39 ls -> BusyBox*\n"
39
40 #include "libbb.h"
41
42 /* This is a NOEXEC applet. Be very careful! */
43
44 #define LN_SYMLINK          (1 << 0)
45 #define LN_FORCE            (1 << 1)
46 #define LN_NODEREFERENCE    (1 << 2)
47 #define LN_BACKUP           (1 << 3)
48 #define LN_SUFFIX           (1 << 4)
49 #define LN_VERBOSE          (1 << 5)
50 #define LN_LINKFILE         (1 << 6)
51
52 int ln_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
53 int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
54 {
55         int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
56         int opts;
57         char *last;
58         char *src_name;
59         char *src;
60         char *suffix = (char*)"~";
61         struct stat statbuf;
62         int (*link_func)(const char *, const char *);
63
64         opts = getopt32(argv, "^" "sfnbS:vT" "\0" "-1", &suffix);
65 /*
66         -s, --symbolic          make symbolic links instead of hard links
67         -f, --force             remove existing destination files
68         -n, --no-dereference    treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory
69         -b                      like --backup but does not accept an argument
70         --backup[=CONTROL]      make a backup of each existing destination file
71         -S, --suffix=SUFFIX     override the usual backup suffix
72         -v, --verbose
73         -T, --no-target-directory
74         -d, -F, --directory     allow the superuser to attempt to hard link directories
75         -i, --interactive       prompt whether to remove destinations
76         -L, --logical           dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links
77         -P, --physical          make hard links directly to symbolic links
78         -r, --relative          create symbolic links relative to link location
79         -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY        specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links
80  */
81         last = argv[argc - 1];
82         argv += optind;
83         argc -= optind;
84
85         if ((opts & LN_LINKFILE) && argc > 2) {
86                 bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("-T accepts 2 args max");
87         }
88
89         if (!argv[1]) {
90                 /* "ln PATH/TO/FILE" -> "ln PATH/TO/FILE FILE" */
91                 *--argv = last;
92                 /* xstrdup is needed: "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE/" is equivalent to
93                  * "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE/ FILE", not "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE FILE"
94                  */
95                 last = bb_get_last_path_component_strip(xstrdup(last));
96         }
97
98         do {
99                 src_name = NULL;
100                 src = last;
101
102                 if (is_directory(src,
103                                 /*followlinks:*/ !(opts & (LN_NODEREFERENCE|LN_LINKFILE))
104                                 /* Why LN_LINKFILE does not follow links:
105                                  * -T/--no-target-directory implies -n/--no-dereference
106                                  */
107                                 )
108                 ) {
109                         if (opts & LN_LINKFILE) {
110                                 bb_error_msg_and_die("'%s' is a directory", src);
111                         }
112                         src_name = xstrdup(*argv);
113                         src = concat_path_file(src, bb_get_last_path_component_strip(src_name));
114                         free(src_name);
115                         src_name = src;
116                 }
117                 if (!(opts & LN_SYMLINK) && stat(*argv, &statbuf)) {
118                         // coreutils: "ln dangling_symlink new_hardlink" works
119                         if (lstat(*argv, &statbuf) || !S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
120                                 bb_simple_perror_msg(*argv);
121                                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
122                                 free(src_name);
123                                 continue;
124                         }
125                 }
126
127                 if (opts & LN_BACKUP) {
128                         char *backup;
129                         backup = xasprintf("%s%s", src, suffix);
130                         if (rename(src, backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
131                                 bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
132                                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
133                                 free(backup);
134                                 continue;
135                         }
136                         free(backup);
137                         /*
138                          * When the source and dest are both hard links to the same
139                          * inode, a rename may succeed even though nothing happened.
140                          * Therefore, always unlink().
141                          */
142                         unlink(src);
143                 } else if (opts & LN_FORCE) {
144                         unlink(src);
145                 }
146
147                 link_func = link;
148                 if (opts & LN_SYMLINK) {
149                         link_func = symlink;
150                 }
151
152                 if (opts & LN_VERBOSE) {
153                         printf("'%s' -> '%s'\n", src, *argv);
154                 }
155
156                 if (link_func(*argv, src) != 0) {
157                         bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
158                         status = EXIT_FAILURE;
159                 }
160
161                 free(src_name);
162         } while ((++argv)[1]);
163
164         return status;
165 }