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-/* @IGNORE@ -*- c -*- */
-/* @IGNORE@ This file is a template from which both stat.c and lstat.c
-   @IGNORE@ are generated. */
-/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby @xstat@ succeeds when
-   given the zero-length file name argument.  The @xstat@ from SunOS4.1.4
-   has this bug.
-   Copyright (C) 1997-2002 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
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-   any later version.
-
-   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-   GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
-
-/* written by Jim Meyering */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#ifndef errno
-extern int errno;
-#endif
-@BEGIN_LSTAT_ONLY@
-#include <string.h>
-
-#if HAVE_STDLIB_H
-# include <stdlib.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifdef STAT_MACROS_BROKEN
-# undef S_ISLNK
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_ISLNK
-# ifdef S_IFLNK
-#  define S_ISLNK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
-# else
-#  define S_ISLNK(m) 0
-# endif
-#endif
-
-#ifndef HAVE_DECL_FREE
-"this configure-time declaration test was not run"
-#endif
-#if !HAVE_DECL_FREE
-void free ();
-#endif
-
-char *xmalloc ();
-
-/* lstat works differently on Linux and Solaris systems.  POSIX (see
-   `pathname resolution' in the glossary) requires that programs like `ls'
-   take into consideration the fact that FILE has a trailing slash when
-   FILE is a symbolic link.  On Linux systems, the lstat function already
-   has the desired semantics (in treating `lstat("symlink/",sbuf)' just like
-   `lstat("symlink/.",sbuf)', but on Solaris it does not.
-
-   If FILE has a trailing slash and specifies a symbolic link,
-   then append a `.' to FILE and call lstat a second time.  */
-
-static int
-slash_aware_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
-{
-  size_t len;
-  char *new_file;
-
-  int lstat_result = lstat (file, sbuf);
-
-  if (lstat_result != 0 || !S_ISLNK (sbuf->st_mode))
-    return lstat_result;
-
-  len = strlen (file);
-  if (file[len - 1] != '/')
-    return lstat_result;
-
-  /* FILE refers to a symbolic link and the name ends with a slash.
-     Append a `.' to FILE and repeat the lstat call.  */
-
-  /* Add one for the `.' we'll append, and one more for the trailing NUL.  */
-  new_file = xmalloc (len + 1 + 1);
-  memcpy (new_file, file, len);
-  new_file[len] = '.';
-  new_file[len + 1] = 0;
-
-  lstat_result = lstat (new_file, sbuf);
-  free (new_file);
-
-  return lstat_result;
-}
-@END_LSTAT_ONLY@
-
-/* This is a wrapper for @xstat@(2).
-   If FILE is the empty string, fail with errno == ENOENT.
-   Otherwise, return the result of calling the real @xstat@.
-
-   This works around the bug in some systems whereby @xstat@ succeeds when
-   given the zero-length file name argument.  The @xstat@ from SunOS4.1.4
-   has this bug.  */
-@BEGIN_LSTAT_ONLY@
-
-/* This function also provides a version of lstat with consistent semantics
-   when FILE specifies a symbolic link and has a trailing slash.  */
-@END_LSTAT_ONLY@
-
-int
-rpl_@xstat@ (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
-{
-  if (file && *file == 0)
-    {
-      errno = ENOENT;
-      return -1;
-    }
-
-@BEGIN_LSTAT_ONLY@
-  return slash_aware_lstat (file, sbuf);
-@END_LSTAT_ONLY@
-@BEGIN_STAT_ONLY@
-  return stat (file, sbuf);
-@END_STAT_ONLY@
-}