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1?RCS: $Id: issymlink.U 1 2006-08-24 12:32:52Z rmanfredi $
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3?RCS: Copyright (c) 1991-1997, 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi
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6?RCS: as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
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8?RCS: that same Artistic Licence; a copy of which may be found at the root
9?RCS: of the source tree for dist 4.0.
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11?RCS: Original Author: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
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13?RCS: $Log: lns.U,v $
14?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1 1994/06/20 07:05:52 ram
15?RCS: patch30: created by ADO
16?RCS:
17?MAKE:issymlink: lns test rm
18?MAKE: -pick add $@ %<
19?S:issymlink:
20?S: This variable holds the test command to test for a symbolic link
21?S: (if they are supported). Typical values include 'test -h' and
22?S: 'test -L'.
23?S:.
24?T:pth p
25?LINT:change PATH test
26: determine whether symbolic links are supported
27echo " "
28case "$lns" in
29*"ln"*" -s")
30 echo "Checking how to test for symbolic links..." >&4
31 $lns blurfl sym
32 if $test "X$issymlink" = X; then
33?X:
34?X: In some AIX 4 versions the (ksh) builtin test (-h) is broken.
35?X:
36 case "$newsh" in
37 '') sh -c "PATH= test -h sym" >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
38 *) $newsh -c "PATH= test -h sym" >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
39 esac
40 if test $? = 0; then
41 issymlink="test -h"
42 else
43 echo "Your builtin 'test -h' may be broken." >&4
44 case "$test" in
45 /*) ;;
46 *) pth=`echo $PATH | sed -e "s/$p_/ /g"`
47 for p in $pth
48 do
49 if test -f "$p/$test"; then
50 test="$p/$test"
51 break
52 fi
53 done
54 ;;
55 esac
56 case "$test" in
57 /*)
58 echo "Trying external '$test -h'." >&4
59 issymlink="$test -h"
60 if $test ! -h sym >/dev/null 2>&1; then
61 echo "External '$test -h' is broken, too." >&4
62 issymlink=''
63 fi
64 ;;
65 *) issymlink='' ;;
66 esac
67 fi
68 fi
69 if $test "X$issymlink" = X; then
70 if $test -L sym 2>/dev/null; then
71 issymlink="$test -L"
72 echo "The builtin '$test -L' worked." >&4
73 fi
74 fi
75 if $test "X$issymlink" != X; then
76 echo "You can test for symbolic links with '$issymlink'." >&4
77 else
78 echo "I do not know how you can test for symbolic links." >&4
79 fi
80 $rm -f blurfl sym
81 ;;
82*) echo "No symbolic links, so not testing for their testing..." >&4
83 ;;
84esac
85