From 7e3cf34f8d5e888d0ff52a4345bcffc629dc591a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 23:53:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (file_name_completion_stat): Use both lstat and stat. --- src/dired.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/dired.c b/src/dired.c index d8b9683514f..42391774db8 100644 --- a/src/dired.c +++ b/src/dired.c @@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ file_name_completion_stat (dirname, dp, st_addr) { int len = NAMLEN (dp); int pos = XSTRING (dirname)->size; + int value; char *fullname = (char *) alloca (len + pos + 2); bcopy (XSTRING (dirname)->data, fullname, pos); @@ -503,7 +504,12 @@ file_name_completion_stat (dirname, dp, st_addr) fullname[pos + len] = 0; #ifdef S_IFLNK - return lstat (fullname, st_addr); + /* We want to return success if a link points to a nonexistent file, + but we want to return the status for what the link points to, + in case it is a directory. */ + value = lstat (fullname, st_addr); + stat (fullname, st_addr); + return value; #else return stat (fullname, st_addr); #endif -- 2.39.5