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Diffstat (limited to 'src/ln.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/ln.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* `ln' program to create links between files. - Copyright (C) 86, 89, 90, 91, 1995-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 86, 89, 90, 91, 1995-2000 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 @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest) struct stat dest_stats; char *dest_backup = NULL; int lstat_status; + int backup_succeeded = 0; /* Use stat here instead of lstat. On SVR4, link does not follow symlinks, so this check disallows @@ -276,6 +277,10 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest) else dest_backup = NULL; } + else + { + backup_succeeded = 1; + } } /* Try to unlink DEST even if we may have renamed it. In some unusual @@ -295,7 +300,12 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest) } if (verbose) - printf (_("create %s %s to %s\n"), link_type_string, dest, source); + { + printf (_("create %s %s to %s"), link_type_string, dest, source); + if (backup_succeeded) + printf (_(" (backup: %s)"), dest_backup); + putchar ('\n'); + } if ((*linkfunc) (source, dest) == 0) { |