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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"
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-$(CONFIG_LN) += ln.o
18
19/* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 compliant */
20/* BB_AUDIT GNU options missing: -d, -F, -i, and -v. */
21/* http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/ln.html */
22
23//usage:#define ln_trivial_usage
24//usage: "[OPTIONS] TARGET... LINK|DIR"
25//usage:#define ln_full_usage "\n\n"
26//usage: "Create a link LINK or DIR/TARGET to the specified TARGET(s)\n"
27//usage: "\n -s Make symlinks instead of hardlinks"
28//usage: "\n -f Remove existing destinations"
29//usage: "\n -n Don't dereference symlinks - treat like normal file"
30//usage: "\n -b Make a backup of the target (if exists) before link operation"
31//usage: "\n -S suf Use suffix instead of ~ when making backup files"
32//usage: "\n -T 2nd arg must be a DIR"
33//usage: "\n -v Verbose"
34//usage:
35//usage:#define ln_example_usage
36//usage: "$ 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
45#define LN_SYMLINK (1 << 0)
46#define LN_FORCE (1 << 1)
47#define LN_NODEREFERENCE (1 << 2)
48#define LN_BACKUP (1 << 3)
49#define LN_SUFFIX (1 << 4)
50#define LN_VERBOSE (1 << 5)
51#define LN_LINKFILE (1 << 6)
52
53int ln_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
54int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
55{
56 int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
57 int opts;
58 char *last;
59 char *src_name;
60 char *src;
61 char *suffix = (char*)"~";
62 struct stat statbuf;
63 int (*link_func)(const char *, const char *);
64
65 opt_complementary = "-1"; /* min one arg */
66 opts = getopt32(argv, "sfnbS:vT", &suffix);
67
68 last = argv[argc - 1];
69 argv += optind;
70 argc -= optind;
71
72 if ((opts & LN_LINKFILE) && argc > 2) {
73 bb_error_msg_and_die("-T accepts 2 args max");
74 }
75
76 if (!argv[1]) {
77 /* "ln PATH/TO/FILE" -> "ln PATH/TO/FILE FILE" */
78 *--argv = last;
79 /* xstrdup is needed: "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE/" is equivalent to
80 * "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE/ FILE", not "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE FILE"
81 */
82 last = bb_get_last_path_component_strip(xstrdup(last));
83 }
84
85 do {
86 src_name = NULL;
87 src = last;
88
89 if (is_directory(src,
90 (opts & LN_NODEREFERENCE) ^ LN_NODEREFERENCE
91 )
92 ) {
93 if (opts & LN_LINKFILE) {
94 bb_error_msg_and_die("'%s' is a directory", src);
95 }
96 src_name = xstrdup(*argv);
97 src = concat_path_file(src, bb_get_last_path_component_strip(src_name));
98 free(src_name);
99 src_name = src;
100 }
101 if (!(opts & LN_SYMLINK) && stat(*argv, &statbuf)) {
102 // coreutils: "ln dangling_symlink new_hardlink" works
103 if (lstat(*argv, &statbuf) || !S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
104 bb_simple_perror_msg(*argv);
105 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
106 free(src_name);
107 continue;
108 }
109 }
110
111 if (opts & LN_BACKUP) {
112 char *backup;
113 backup = xasprintf("%s%s", src, suffix);
114 if (rename(src, backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
115 bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
116 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
117 free(backup);
118 continue;
119 }
120 free(backup);
121 /*
122 * When the source and dest are both hard links to the same
123 * inode, a rename may succeed even though nothing happened.
124 * Therefore, always unlink().
125 */
126 unlink(src);
127 } else if (opts & LN_FORCE) {
128 unlink(src);
129 }
130
131 link_func = link;
132 if (opts & LN_SYMLINK) {
133 link_func = symlink;
134 }
135
136 if (opts & LN_VERBOSE) {
137 printf("'%s' -> '%s'\n", src, *argv);
138 }
139
140 if (link_func(*argv, src) != 0) {
141 bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
142 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
143 }
144
145 free(src_name);
146 } while ((++argv)[1]);
147
148 return status;
149}
150