(copy_internal): Change test of source type from !S_ISREG to S_ISLNK.

Reported by Paul Eggert in
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-10/msg00050.html.

diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 85cd638..62cf4ec 100644 (file)
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path,
                   && (x->unlink_dest_before_opening
                       || (x->preserve_links && 1 < dst_sb.st_nlink)
                       || (x->dereference == DEREF_NEVER
-                          && ! S_ISREG (src_sb.st_mode))))
+                          && S_ISLNK (src_sb.st_mode))))
            {
              if (unlink (dst_path) && errno != ENOENT)
                {