/* stat is a good way to tell whether the file exists,
regardless of what access permissions it has. */
- if (stat (SDATA (encoded_filename), &statbuf) >= 0)
+ if (lstat (SDATA (encoded_filename), &statbuf) >= 0)
{
if (! interactive)
Fsignal (Qfile_already_exists,
Lisp_Object args[2];
#endif
Lisp_Object handler;
- struct gcpro gcpro1, gcpro2, gcpro3, gcpro4;
- Lisp_Object encoded_file, encoded_newname;
+ struct gcpro gcpro1, gcpro2, gcpro3, gcpro4, gcpro5;
+ Lisp_Object encoded_file, encoded_newname, symlink_target;
- encoded_file = encoded_newname = Qnil;
- GCPRO4 (file, newname, encoded_file, encoded_newname);
+ symlink_target = encoded_file = encoded_newname = Qnil;
+ GCPRO5 (file, newname, encoded_file, encoded_newname, symlink_target);
CHECK_STRING (file);
CHECK_STRING (newname);
file = Fexpand_file_name (file, Qnil);
{
if (errno == EXDEV)
{
- Fcopy_file (file, newname,
- /* We have already prompted if it was an integer,
- so don't have copy-file prompt again. */
- NILP (ok_if_already_exists) ? Qnil : Qt, Qt);
+ symlink_target = Ffile_symlink_p (file);
+ if (NILP (symlink_target))
+ Fcopy_file (file, newname,
+ /* We have already prompted if it was an integer,
+ so don't have copy-file prompt again. */
+ NILP (ok_if_already_exists) ? Qnil : Qt, Qt);
+ else
+ Fmake_symbolic_link (symlink_target, newname,
+ NILP (ok_if_already_exists) ? Qnil : Qt, Qt);
Fdelete_file (file);
}
else