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2002-08-17 Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Fix author preservation code.
--- fileutils-4.1.10.old/src/copy.c Fri Jun 21 14:07:40 2002
+++ fileutils-4.1.10/src/copy.c Sat Aug 17 20:42:40 2002
@@ -1517,11 +1517,17 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, con
#if HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_AUTHOR
/* Preserve the st_author field. */
{
- file_t file = getdport (dst_path);
- if (file_chauthor (file, src_sb.st_author))
- error (0, errno, _("failed to preserve authorship for %s"),
- quote (dst_path));
- mach_port_deallocate (mach_task_self (), file);
+ file_t file = file_name_lookup (dst_path, O_NORW, 0);
+ if (file == MACH_PORT_NULL)
+ error (0, errno, _("failed to lookup file %s"), quote (dst_path));
+ else
+ {
+ int err = file_chauthor (file, src_sb.st_author);
+ if (err)
+ error (0, err, _("failed to preserve authorship for %s"),
+ quote (dst_path));
+ mach_port_deallocate (mach_task_self (), file);
+ }
}
#endif
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