L.S.,
In order to give fileutils the functionality that I needed, I needed
to make some patches to the source. The main thing is that I added the
'-f/--force' option to mknod.
The other is a minor cosmetic change on the verbosity of ln.
Hope you find the patch usefull.
Kind regards,
Dirk-Jan Faber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff -rcN fileutils-4.1.6.orig/man/ln.1 fileutils-4.1.6/man/ln.1
*** fileutils-4.1.6.orig/man/ln.1 Sun Feb 17 18:20:11 2002
--- fileutils-4.1.6/man/ln.1 Tue Mar 19 12:58:03 2002
***************
*** 23,28 ****
--- 23,30 ----
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
+ A statically linked version of ln is also available, named \fBsln\fR.
+ .TP
\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fICONTROL\fR]
make a backup of each existing destination file
.TP
diff -rcN fileutils-4.1.6.orig/man/mknod.1 fileutils-4.1.6/man/mknod.1
*** fileutils-4.1.6.orig/man/mknod.1 Sun Feb 17 18:20:11 2002
--- fileutils-4.1.6/man/mknod.1 Tue Mar 19 12:58:03 2002
***************
*** 15,20 ****
--- 15,23 ----
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR
set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask
.TP
+ \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
+ force the creation of the device
+ .TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
diff -rcN fileutils-4.1.6.orig/src/ln.c fileutils-4.1.6/src/ln.c
*** fileutils-4.1.6.orig/src/ln.c Sun Dec 2 23:18:01 2001
--- fileutils-4.1.6/src/ln.c Tue Mar 19 12:58:03 2002
***************
*** 301,308 ****
if (verbose)
{
printf ((symbolic_link
! ? _("create symbolic link %s to %s")
! : _("create hard link %s to %s")),
quote_n (0, dest), quote_n (1, source));
if (backup_succeeded)
printf (_(" (backup: %s)"), quote (dest_backup));
--- 301,308 ----
if (verbose)
{
printf ((symbolic_link
! ? _("creating symbolic link %s to %s")
! : _("creating hard link %s to %s")),
quote_n (0, dest), quote_n (1, source));
if (backup_succeeded)
printf (_(" (backup: %s)"), quote (dest_backup));
diff -rcN fileutils-4.1.6.orig/src/mknod.c fileutils-4.1.6/src/mknod.c
*** fileutils-4.1.6.orig/src/mknod.c Sun Dec 2 23:16:57 2001
--- fileutils-4.1.6/src/mknod.c Tue Mar 19 12:58:03 2002
***************
*** 15,31 ****
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
! /* Usage: mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] path {bcu} major minor
make a block or character device node
! mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] path p
make a FIFO (named pipe)
Options:
-m, --mode=mode Set the mode of created nodes to MODE, which is
symbolic as in chmod and uses the umask as a point of
departure.
! David MacKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */
#include <config.h>
#include <stdio.h>
--- 15,36 ----
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
! /* Usage: mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] [-f] [--force] path {bcu} major minor
make a block or character device node
! mknod [-m mode] [--mode=mode] [-f] [--force] path p
make a FIFO (named pipe)
Options:
-m, --mode=mode Set the mode of created nodes to MODE, which is
symbolic as in chmod and uses the umask as a point of
departure.
+ -f, --force Force the creation of the device.
! David MacKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
!
! Patch:
! 12-03-2001: Dirk-Jan Faber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; added --force option.
! */
#include <config.h>
#include <stdio.h>
***************
*** 49,54 ****
--- 54,60 ----
static struct option const longopts[] =
{
{"mode", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
+ {"force", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
{GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
{GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
***************
*** 73,78 ****
--- 79,87 ----
fputs (_("\
-m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask\n\
"), stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
+ -f, --force force the creation of the device\n\
+ "), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (_("\
***************
*** 95,100 ****
--- 104,110 ----
struct mode_change *change;
const char *specified_mode;
int optc;
+ int force=0;
mode_t node_type;
program_name = argv[0];
***************
*** 106,112 ****
specified_mode = NULL;
! while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "m:", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
{
switch (optc)
{
--- 116,122 ----
specified_mode = NULL;
! while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "m:f", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
{
switch (optc)
{
***************
*** 115,120 ****
--- 125,133 ----
case 'm':
specified_mode = optarg;
break;
+ case 'f':
+ force=1;
+ break;
case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
default:
***************
*** 198,203 ****
--- 211,217 ----
error (1, 0, _("invalid device %s %s"), s_major, s_minor);
#endif
+ if (force) unlink(argv[optind]);
if (mknod (argv[optind], newmode | node_type, device) != 0)
error (1, errno, "%s", quote (argv[optind]));
}
***************
*** 213,218 ****
--- 227,233 ----
major and minor device numbers may not be specified for fifo files"));
usage (1);
}
+ if (force) unlink(argv[optind]);
if (mkfifo (argv[optind], newmode))
error (1, errno, "%s", quote (argv[optind]));
#endif
