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-rw-r--r--NEWS4
-rw-r--r--src/df.c9
-rwxr-xr-xtests/df/df-symlink.sh31
-rw-r--r--tests/local.mk1
4 files changed, 44 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b9678859c..9274645a3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
mount points. Previously it may have failed to output some mount points.
[bug introduced in coreutils-8.21]
+ df now processes symbolic links to disk device nodes correctly. Previously
+ df displayed the symlink's device rather than that for the device node.
+ [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
+
install now removes the target file if the strip program failed for any
reason. Before, that file was left behind, sometimes even with wrong
permissions.
diff --git a/src/df.c b/src/df.c
index ba8ef15c8..8eabcbbaa 100644
--- a/src/df.c
+++ b/src/df.c
@@ -1056,6 +1056,11 @@ get_disk (char const *disk)
{
struct mount_entry const *me;
struct mount_entry const *best_match = NULL;
+ char const *file = disk;
+
+ char *resolved = canonicalize_file_name (disk);
+ if (resolved && resolved[0] == '/')
+ disk = resolved;
for (me = mount_list; me; me = me->me_next)
{
@@ -1063,9 +1068,11 @@ get_disk (char const *disk)
best_match = me;
}
+ free (resolved);
+
if (best_match)
{
- get_dev (best_match->me_devname, best_match->me_mountdir, disk, NULL,
+ get_dev (best_match->me_devname, best_match->me_mountdir, file, NULL,
best_match->me_type, best_match->me_dummy,
best_match->me_remote, NULL, false);
return true;
diff --git a/tests/df/df-symlink.sh b/tests/df/df-symlink.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..45acfaa29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/df/df-symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Ensure that df dereferences symlinks to disk nodes
+
+# Copyright (C) 2013 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
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ df
+
+disk=$(df --out=source '.' | tail -n1) ||
+ skip_ "cannot determine '.' file system"
+
+ln -s "$disk" symlink || framework_failure_
+
+df --out=source,target "$disk" > exp || skip_ "cannot get info for $disk"
+df --out=source,target symlink > out || fail=1
+compare exp out || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail
diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
index 9b851f434..9a54e7b07 100644
--- a/tests/local.mk
+++ b/tests/local.mk
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ all_tests = \
tests/df/header.sh \
tests/df/df-P.sh \
tests/df/df-output.sh \
+ tests/df/df-symlink.sh \
tests/df/unreadable.sh \
tests/df/total-unprocessed.sh \
tests/df/no-mtab-status.sh \