- /* Here, we know stat succeeded and FILE references a non-directory.
- But it was specified via a name including a trailing slash.
- Fail with errno set to ENOTDIR to indicate the contradiction. */
- errno = ENOTDIR;
- return -1;
+ /* At this point, a trailing slash is only permitted on
+ symlink-to-dir; but it should have found information on the
+ directory, not the symlink. Call stat() to get info about the
+ link's referent. Our replacement stat guarantees valid results,
+ even if the symlink is not pointing to a directory. */
+ if (!S_ISLNK (sbuf->st_mode))
+ {
+ errno = ENOTDIR;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return stat (file, sbuf);