Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 22:54:48 +0100 From: Tony Finch <fanf@demon.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/14171: [PATCH] create symbolic links using mtree Message-ID: <E11Yz1M-000MdD-00@fanf.eng.demon.net>
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>Number: 14171
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: [PATCH] create symbolic links using mtree
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 6 15:00:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Tony Finch
>Release: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE-19990927 i386
>Organization:
Demon Internet Ltd
>Environment:
>Description:
It would be useful to be able to create hierarchies containing
symbolic links using mtree, so I implemented this patch.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- /usr/src/usr.sbin/mtree/verify.c Wed Sep 1 17:24:19 1999
+++ /usr/src/usr.sbin/mtree/verify.c Wed Oct 6 22:45:47 1999
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
{
register int create;
register char *tp;
+ const char *type;
for (; p; p = p->next) {
if (p->type != F_DIR && (dflag || p->flags & F_VISIT))
@@ -167,18 +168,32 @@
(void)strcpy(tail, p->name);
if (!(p->flags & F_VISIT))
(void)printf("missing: %s", path);
- if (p->type != F_DIR) {
+ if (p->type != F_DIR && p->type != F_LINK) {
putchar('\n');
continue;
}
create = 0;
+ if (p->type == F_LINK)
+ type = "symlink";
+ else
+ type = "directory";
if (!(p->flags & F_VISIT) && uflag)
if (!(p->flags & (F_UID | F_UNAME)))
- (void)printf(" (directory not created: user not specified)");
+ (void)printf(" (%s not created: user not specified)", type);
else if (!(p->flags & (F_GID | F_GNAME)))
- (void)printf(" (directory not created: group not specified)");
- else if (!(p->flags & F_MODE))
+ (void)printf(" (%s not created: group not specified)", type);
+ else if (p->type == F_LINK) {
+ if (symlink(p->slink, path))
+ (void)printf(" (symlink not created: %s)\n",
+ strerror(errno));
+ else
+ (void)printf(" (created)\n");
+ if (lchown(path, p->st_uid, p->st_gid))
+ (void)printf("%s: user/group not modified: %s\n",
+ path, strerror(errno));
+ continue;
+ } else if (!(p->flags & F_MODE))
(void)printf(" (directory not created: mode not specified)");
else if (mkdir(path, S_IRWXU))
(void)printf(" (directory not created: %s)",
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