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stat.2: Use lstat() instead of stat() 

It's more logical to use lstat() in the example code,
since one can then experiment with sybolic links, and
also the S_IFLNK case can also occur.

Reported-by: Richard Knutsson <richard.knutsson@abelko.se>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-10-17 22:58:40 +02:00
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@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ or, on some architectures,
.BR newfstatat ().
.SH EXAMPLE
The following program calls
.BR stat ()
.BR lstat ()
and displays selected fields in the returned
.I stat
structure.
@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (stat(argv[1], &sb) == \-1) {
perror("stat");
if (lstat(argv[1], &sb) == \-1) {
perror("lstat");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}