tags 329826 + patch pending thanks On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 07:38:57PM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > I thought this was already checked for, but now that I try I indeed see > that there is no warning for editing the same file through a symbolic > link. I'll add a remark in the todo list.
In the meantime, here's a patch that fixes the misbehaviour on vim 6.4. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. -!-
diff -urN vim64/src/memline.c vim64.new/src/memline.c
--- vim64/src/memline.c 2005-02-17 11:02:53.000000000 +0100
+++ vim64.new/src/memline.c 2005-10-17 12:04:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -3251,6 +3251,25 @@
}
}
+ void
+resolvesymlink(fname, buf, bufsiz)
+ char_u *fname, *buf;
+ size_t bufsiz;
+{
+ char_u tmp[PATH_MAX];
+
+ if (fname == NULL)
+ return;
+ if (readlink((char *) fname, (char *) buf, bufsiz) == -1)
+ STRCPY(buf, fname); /* not a symlink: return fname unmodified */
+ else
+ { /* symlink: recursively expand */
+ STRCPY(tmp, buf);
+ while (readlink((char *) tmp, (char *) buf, bufsiz) != -1)
+ STRCPY(tmp, buf);
+ }
+}
+
/*
* make swap file name out of the file name and a directory name
*/
@@ -3260,6 +3279,8 @@
char_u *dir_name;
{
char_u *r, *s;
+ char_u fname[PATH_MAX];
+ char_u *fname_p = NULL;
#if defined(UNIX) || defined(WIN3264) /* Need _very_ long file names */
s = dir_name + STRLEN(dir_name);
@@ -3275,6 +3296,11 @@
}
#endif
+ if (buf->b_fname != NULL)
+ {
+ fname_p = fname;
+ resolvesymlink(buf->b_fname, fname, PATH_MAX);
+ }
r = buf_modname(
#ifdef SHORT_FNAME
TRUE,
@@ -3285,7 +3311,7 @@
/* Avoid problems if fname has special chars, eg <Wimp$Scrap> */
buf->b_ffname,
#else
- buf->b_fname,
+ fname_p,
#endif
(char_u *)
#if defined(VMS) || defined(RISCOS)
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