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-rw-r--r--commands/readlink.c19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/commands/readlink.c b/commands/readlink.c
index a19c8e0041..2dfa566675 100644
--- a/commands/readlink.c
+++ b/commands/readlink.c
@@ -44,17 +44,21 @@ static int do_readlink(int argc, char *argv[])
if (argc < optind + 2)
return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
- if (readlink(argv[optind], realname, PATH_MAX - 1) < 0)
- goto err;
-
if (canonicalize) {
- char *buf = canonicalize_path(realname);
+ char *buf = canonicalize_path(argv[optind]);
+ struct stat s;
if (!buf)
goto err;
+ if (stat(dirname(argv[optind]), &s) || !S_ISDIR(s.st_mode)) {
+ free(buf);
+ goto err;
+ }
setenv(argv[optind + 1], buf);
free(buf);
} else {
+ if (readlink(argv[optind], realname, PATH_MAX - 1) < 0)
+ goto err;
setenv(argv[optind + 1], realname);
}
@@ -65,15 +69,16 @@ err:
}
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_START(readlink)
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Read value of a symbolic link and store it into VARIABLE.")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Read value of a symbolic link or canonical file name and store it into VARIABLE.")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-f", "canonicalize by following first symlink");
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f", "canonicalize by following symlinks;")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("", "final component need not exist");
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
BAREBOX_CMD_START(readlink)
.cmd = do_readlink,
- BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("read value of a symbolic link")
+ BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("read value of a symbolic link or canonical file name")
BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-f] FILE VARIABLE")
BAREBOX_CMD_GROUP(CMD_GRP_FILE)
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP(cmd_readlink_help)