Dont try and preserve hard links to directories.
authorGlenn L McGrath <bug1@ihug.co.nz>
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:28:02 +0000 (12:28 -0000)
committerGlenn L McGrath <bug1@ihug.co.nz>
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:28:02 +0000 (12:28 -0000)
The linux kernel doesnt allow hard links to directories, SUS says its
implementation specific.
cramfs gives empty directories and 0 length files the same node it
makies it difficult to distinguish from hard links.

libbb/copy_file.c

index 7ddb9a23fb745ad358bc8562c372246fd0b6bf95..68a1ded04ae99df2aa7bfc5d0717f0e290e877e3 100644 (file)
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_PRESERVE_HARDLINKS
-       add_to_ino_dev_hashtable(&source_stat, dest);
+       if (! S_ISDIR(source_stat.st_mode)) {
+               add_to_ino_dev_hashtable(&source_stat, dest);
+       }
 #endif
 
 end: