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Article #654Re: Problem with compress
From: Kent Landfield - comp.sources.mi...
Date: Thu, 16 May 1991 02:29
Date: Thu, 16 May 1991 02:29
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In article <1991May15.173739.29874@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: > Am I alone in thinking that the way compress handles symlinks is just fine. >What I don't like is the way it handles hard links. What would be wrong with >'compress foo' just creating the compressed 'foo.Z' and deleting 'foo', and 'uncompress foo.Z' creating the uncompressed 'foo' and removing 'foo.Z'? "I can fix that bug in three characters.. I can fix that bug in two characters. ..I can fix that bug in one character. Fix That BUG!" :-) If you wish to fix/break compress, depending on your point of view, edit compress.c and change the stat() call in the copystat() function to lstat(). A one character change... Then when you try to compress/uncompress a symbolic link it gives you the following results... index: -- not a regular file: unchanged If you want something done, you have to do it yourself... :-) :-) -Kent+ -- Kent Landfield INTERNET: kent@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM Sterling Software, IMD UUCP: uunet!sparky!kent Phone: (402) 291-8300 FAX: (402) 291-4362 Please send comp.sources.misc-related mail to kent@uunet.uu.net.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!uunet.UU.NET!kent From: kent@uunet.UU.NET (Kent Landfield - comp.sources.misc) Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs,comp.compression Subject: Re: Problem with compress Message-ID: <1991May16.022957.7339@uunet.uu.net> Date: 16 May 91 02:29:57 GMT References: <26085: May1416: 52: 3491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991May15.060236.26763@uunet.uu.net> <1991May15.173739.29874@mp.cs.niu.edu> Sender: usenet@uunet.uu.net (UseNet News) Organization: UUNET Communications Services, Falls Church, VA Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: uunet.uu.net