busybox/coreutils/ln.c
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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 (4.9 kb)"
  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-$(CONFIG_LN) += ln.o
  18
  19/* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 compliant */
  20/* BB_AUDIT GNU options missing: -d, -F, -i, and -v. */
  21/* http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/ln.html */
  22
  23//usage:#define ln_trivial_usage
  24//usage:       "[-sfnbtv] [-S SUF] TARGET... LINK|DIR"
  25//usage:#define ln_full_usage "\n\n"
  26//usage:       "Create a link LINK or DIR/TARGET to the specified TARGET(s)\n"
  27//usage:     "\n        -s      Make symlinks instead of hardlinks"
  28//usage:     "\n        -f      Remove existing destinations"
  29//usage:     "\n        -n      Don't dereference symlinks - treat like normal file"
  30//usage:     "\n        -b      Make a backup of the target (if exists) before link operation"
  31//usage:     "\n        -S SUF  Use suffix instead of ~ when making backup files"
  32//usage:     "\n        -T      Treat LINK as a file, not DIR"
  33//usage:     "\n        -v      Verbose"
  34//usage:
  35//usage:#define ln_example_usage
  36//usage:       "$ 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#define LN_SYMLINK          (1 << 0)
  45#define LN_FORCE            (1 << 1)
  46#define LN_NODEREFERENCE    (1 << 2)
  47#define LN_BACKUP           (1 << 3)
  48#define LN_SUFFIX           (1 << 4)
  49#define LN_VERBOSE          (1 << 5)
  50#define LN_LINKFILE         (1 << 6)
  51
  52int ln_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
  53int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
  54{
  55        int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
  56        int opts;
  57        char *last;
  58        char *src_name;
  59        char *src;
  60        char *suffix = (char*)"~";
  61        struct stat statbuf;
  62        int (*link_func)(const char *, const char *);
  63
  64        opts = getopt32(argv, "^" "sfnbS:vT" "\0" "-1", &suffix);
  65/*
  66        -s, --symbolic          make symbolic links instead of hard links
  67        -f, --force             remove existing destination files
  68        -n, --no-dereference    treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if it is a symbolic link to a directory
  69        -b                      like --backup but does not accept an argument
  70        --backup[=CONTROL]      make a backup of each existing destination file
  71        -S, --suffix=SUFFIX     override the usual backup suffix
  72        -v, --verbose
  73        -T, --no-target-directory
  74        -d, -F, --directory     allow the superuser to attempt to hard link directories
  75        -i, --interactive       prompt whether to remove destinations
  76        -L, --logical           dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links
  77        -P, --physical          make hard links directly to symbolic links
  78        -r, --relative          create symbolic links relative to link location
  79        -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY        specify the DIRECTORY in which to create the links
  80 */
  81        last = argv[argc - 1];
  82        argv += optind;
  83        argc -= optind;
  84
  85        if ((opts & LN_LINKFILE) && argc > 2) {
  86                bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("-T accepts 2 args max");
  87        }
  88
  89        if (!argv[1]) {
  90                /* "ln PATH/TO/FILE" -> "ln PATH/TO/FILE FILE" */
  91                *--argv = last;
  92                /* xstrdup is needed: "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE/" is equivalent to
  93                 * "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE/ FILE", not "ln -s PATH/TO/FILE FILE"
  94                 */
  95                last = bb_get_last_path_component_strip(xstrdup(last));
  96        }
  97
  98        do {
  99                src_name = NULL;
 100                src = last;
 101
 102                if (is_directory(src,
 103                                /*followlinks:*/ !(opts & (LN_NODEREFERENCE|LN_LINKFILE))
 104                                /* Why LN_LINKFILE does not follow links:
 105                                 * -T/--no-target-directory implies -n/--no-dereference
 106                                 */
 107                                )
 108                ) {
 109                        if (opts & LN_LINKFILE) {
 110                                bb_error_msg_and_die("'%s' is a directory", src);
 111                        }
 112                        src_name = xstrdup(*argv);
 113                        src = concat_path_file(src, bb_get_last_path_component_strip(src_name));
 114                        free(src_name);
 115                        src_name = src;
 116                }
 117                if (!(opts & LN_SYMLINK) && stat(*argv, &statbuf)) {
 118                        // coreutils: "ln dangling_symlink new_hardlink" works
 119                        if (lstat(*argv, &statbuf) || !S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
 120                                bb_simple_perror_msg(*argv);
 121                                status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 122                                free(src_name);
 123                                continue;
 124                        }
 125                }
 126
 127                if (opts & LN_BACKUP) {
 128                        char *backup;
 129                        backup = xasprintf("%s%s", src, suffix);
 130                        if (rename(src, backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
 131                                bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
 132                                status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 133                                free(backup);
 134                                continue;
 135                        }
 136                        free(backup);
 137                        /*
 138                         * When the source and dest are both hard links to the same
 139                         * inode, a rename may succeed even though nothing happened.
 140                         * Therefore, always unlink().
 141                         */
 142                        unlink(src);
 143                } else if (opts & LN_FORCE) {
 144                        unlink(src);
 145                }
 146
 147                link_func = link;
 148                if (opts & LN_SYMLINK) {
 149                        link_func = symlink;
 150                }
 151
 152                if (opts & LN_VERBOSE) {
 153                        printf("'%s' -> '%s'\n", src, *argv);
 154                }
 155
 156                if (link_func(*argv, src) != 0) {
 157                        bb_simple_perror_msg(src);
 158                        status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 159                }
 160
 161                free(src_name);
 162        } while ((++argv)[1]);
 163
 164        return status;
 165}
 166