[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #34388] stat("file") incorrect for symlinks

[Muhali]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34388>

                 Summary: stat("file") incorrect for symlinks
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: muhali
            Submitted on: Mon 26 Sep 2011 09:42:39 AM PDT
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

for symlinks, e.g. pointing to a file "foo"


> symlink([err msg] = symlink("foo", "goo") ;


the modestr element returned from stat is incorrect:


> stat("goo").modestr
ans = -rw-r--r-- 


According to help,

`modestr' - File mode, as a string of ten letters or dashes as would be
returned by `ls -l'.

but


> ls -l goo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 3 Sep 26 09:26 goo -> foo



M.




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