This is now in CVS.

[rsync/rsync-patches.git] / soften-links.diff

From md@Linux.IT Fri Apr 12 21:45:04 2002
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From: Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
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Subject: rsync and debian mirrors
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I run one of the debian mirrors, and I had to write this patch because
my archive is split between more than one disk. Would you accept a more
polished version of this patch for inclusion in rsync?

--- syscall.c.orig      Thu May 31 16:14:07 2001
+++ syscall.c   Thu May 31 16:40:46 2001
@@ -45,9 +45,14 @@
 #if HAVE_LINK
 int do_link(char *fname1, char *fname2)
 {
+       int st;
+
        if (dry_run) return 0;
        CHECK_RO
-       return link(fname1, fname2);
+       st = link(fname1, fname2);
+       if (/*soften_links &&*/ st != 0 && errno == EXDEV)
+               st = symlink(fname1, fname2);
+       return st;
 }
 #endif


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ciao,
Marco