+
+ do {
+ src_name = NULL;
+ src = last;
+
+ if (is_directory(src,
+ (opts & LN_NODEREFERENCE) ^ LN_NODEREFERENCE,
+ NULL)
+ ) {
+ src_name = xstrdup(*argv);
+ src = concat_path_file(src, bb_get_last_path_component_strip(src_name));
+ free(src_name);
+ src_name = src;
+ }
+ if (!(opts & LN_SYMLINK) && stat(*argv, &statbuf)) {
+ // coreutils: "ln dangling_symlink new_hardlink" works
+ if (lstat(*argv, &statbuf) || !S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
+ bb_simple_perror_msg(*argv);
+ status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ free(src_name);
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (opts & LN_BACKUP) {
+ char *backup;
+ backup = xasprintf("%s%s", src, suffix);
+ if (rename(src, backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
+ bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
+ status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ free(backup);
+ continue;
+ }
+ free(backup);
+ /*
+ * When the source and dest are both hard links to the same
+ * inode, a rename may succeed even though nothing happened.
+ * Therefore, always unlink().
+ */
+ unlink(src);
+ } else if (opts & LN_FORCE) {
+ unlink(src);
+ }
+
+ link_func = link;
+ if (opts & LN_SYMLINK) {
+ link_func = symlink;
+ }
+
+ if (link_func(*argv, src) != 0) {
+ bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
+ status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+
+ free(src_name);
+
+ } while ((++argv)[1]);
+
+ return status;