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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-11-05 11:20:02 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-11-05 11:20:02 +0000
commit9f05072b097d1da6b6d44d9b579283004e4710f2 (patch)
tree99d2cae2bc6a3d75ec199337c05e23abe287e22e /lib
parent005e766386680d157426232a50f8fc1b38a89d20 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-9f05072b097d1da6b6d44d9b579283004e4710f2.tar.xz
(slash_aware_lstat): Correct a misleading comment.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/xstat.in5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/xstat.in b/lib/xstat.in
index 3f10ef3b9..77c367eb7 100644
--- a/lib/xstat.in
+++ b/lib/xstat.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby @xstat@ succeeds when
given the zero-length file name argument. The @xstat@ from SunOS4.1.4
has this bug.
- Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ slash_aware_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
/* FILE refers to a symbolic link and the name ends with a slash.
Append a `.' to FILE and repeat the lstat call. */
- /* Add one for the `.' we might have to append, and one more
- for the trailing NUL. */
+ /* Add one for the `.' we'll append, and one more for the trailing NUL. */
new_file = xmalloc (len + 1 + 1);
memcpy (new_file, file, len);
new_file[len] = '.';