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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 (). .BR newfstatat ().
.SH EXAMPLE .SH EXAMPLE
The following program calls The following program calls
.BR stat () .BR lstat ()
and displays selected fields in the returned and displays selected fields in the returned
.I stat .I stat
structure. structure.
@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
exit(EXIT_FAILURE); exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
} }
if (stat(argv[1], &sb) == \-1) { if (lstat(argv[1], &sb) == \-1) {
perror("stat"); perror("lstat");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE); exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
} }