- in = xfopen(fn, "r");
- /*
- The file is then created with mode read/write and
- permissions 0666 for glibc 2.0.6 and earlier or
- 0600 for glibc 2.0.7 and later.
- */
- name_buf = xasprintf("%sXXXXXX", fn);
- i = mkstemp(name_buf);
+ struct stat st;
+
+ resolved_fn = xmalloc_follow_symlinks(fn);
+ if (resolved_fn == NULL)
+ bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(fn);
+ in = xfopen_for_read(resolved_fn);
+ fstat(fileno(in), &st);
+
+ temp_fn = xasprintf("%sXXXXXX", resolved_fn);
+ i = mkstemp(temp_fn);