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-rw-r--r--src/chown.c32
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/chown.c b/src/chown.c
index 7975904b9..8a943604e 100644
--- a/src/chown.c
+++ b/src/chown.c
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
/* Bit flags that control how fts works. */
int bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
+ /* 1 if --dereference, 0 if --no-dereference, -1 if neither has been
+ specified. */
+ int dereference = -1;
+
struct Chown_option chopt;
int fail;
int optc;
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
break;
case 'H': /* Traverse command-line symlinks-to-directories. */
- bit_flags = FTS_COMFOLLOW;
+ bit_flags = FTS_COMFOLLOW | FTS_PHYSICAL;
break;
case 'L': /* Traverse all symlinks-to-directories. */
@@ -205,12 +209,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
break;
case 'h': /* --no-dereference: affect symlinks */
- chopt.affect_symlink_referent = false;
+ dereference = 0;
break;
case DEREFERENCE_OPTION: /* --dereference: affect the referent
of each symlink */
- chopt.affect_symlink_referent = true;
+ dereference = 1;
break;
case NO_PRESERVE_ROOT:
@@ -259,6 +263,28 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
}
}
+ if (chopt.recurse)
+ {
+ if (bit_flags == FTS_PHYSICAL)
+ {
+ if (dereference == 1)
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
+ _("-R --dereference requires either -H or -L"));
+ chopt.affect_symlink_referent = false;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if (dereference == 0)
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("-R -h requires -P"));
+ chopt.affect_symlink_referent = true;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL;
+ chopt.affect_symlink_referent = (dereference != 0);
+ }
+
if (argc - optind + (reference_file ? 1 : 0) <= 1)
{
error (0, 0, _("too few arguments"));