From unknown Sun Sep 21 06:48:49 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#49335: v.8.32 - stat(1) | Symbolic link interpreted as hard link Resent-From: Ricky Tigg Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 49335 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 49335@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.162524363428220 (code B ref -1); Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:34:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2021 16:33:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37010 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lzM6z-0007L6-TD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:33:54 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:35240) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lzM6l-0007KM-KT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:33:52 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52288) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lzM6l-00013k-Bs for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:33:39 -0400 Received: from mail-pg1-x534.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::534]:42642) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lzM6j-0007i7-5V for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:33:39 -0400 Received: by mail-pg1-x534.google.com with SMTP id d12so10036400pgd.9 for ; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:33:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=PoolVGIZ9J56bRmdmc0dHcV7cwYiNN0sjpN/yvGOBys=; b=GerMpWG4TTEVBF0pKxD5zVlKmcChDYoEbL5YMDHNI9GGAaWv5ha86ZYWREql7aOY5m NUSZVUv4TdHFVRlKlwkiG9BBUBIxDvgmUlYhaN8Ddk07QtdfGFwdgIhOA6qWp8JScuQx opb0XZ9ISTfWGjyvQLkVsHipl5Ntd0XeFO37PGVRLeBaqU9H5bdQ/cUyAKtkKClI37RZ kNdSvBw17rtjXXsWEF59GjOmLamOPJZsaNceLB4/L1poGLk8bpOZExjTW6RXxQFatcMs eOJ5Kr3mTb6FOzrL1fZcv7LVd2ga7KDMQGJeX9t2cZgrjMVSyWPpoh/c42jYAAEJgKmo qUBQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=PoolVGIZ9J56bRmdmc0dHcV7cwYiNN0sjpN/yvGOBys=; b=TiJyvWuBLJXfQtvndxhQTc68UNX2Jv1KbVvZWU+duBtl73F9NBMmvGNqAwyqhsuK4m m/4hGHQq6rfnDbWgKHvAwzJ4bICjoozgTlo/VaM+IY6SfVqinIZQ+Tboyjxbu99CJyVj R0X82hFCkZsA4R0oKnbBTltTwZYxhRWrPL4DcZn5VWmu22dVimSkGJCRYGz0n7Ak1F3G S+5wyVOmn0KK2D6fwfEzpgRYufLYlXIvLhX9JWfa/DMkCqsYIxSbJtWcwJN5IVHKikea 1qhAb1r/oso8DHoVf3b3UHu+ey+efVLlfZVLIwTLsSxt6pbZPt44WI7hSoz7K5nNt0O2 LE6g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532pBd2T3WMDKHuIDItaSf13QiaKltKh5oc9PUbs5jmJjmVOzezF b4qdRLf0t1N41YLoRvvVuXF1o3q/whxlPmEJuziSCY4AFmi1BQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwXTrujVKRTWPZd6EwjIGPGwgeoFwQnt2r5FETVdYDuNOoPbCSjohdAakWv7VhzCzyKA4s7XOcZGc63bjMDj1E= X-Received: by 2002:a63:eb4f:: with SMTP id b15mr874305pgk.2.1625243614227; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:33:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ricky Tigg Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 19:32:58 +0300 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000004cb0dc05c6268498" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::534; envelope-from=ricky.tigg@gmail.com; helo=mail-pg1-x534.google.com X-Spam_score_int: 6 X-Spam_score: 0.6 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_50=0.8, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) --0000000000004cb0dc05c6268498 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hello, symbolic link counted as hard link. To reproduce: $ touch t; ln -sr t l; stat -c '%i %h %n %F' t l 4172493 1 t regular empty file 4172494 1 l symbolic link '%h' reports *1* despite no hard link is involved. Isn't rather *0* expected? --0000000000004cb0dc05c6268498 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello, symbolic link counted as hard link. To reprodu= ce:

$ touch = t; ln -sr t l; stat -c '%i %h %n %F' t l
4172493 1 t regular emp= ty file
4172494 1 l symbolic link

'%= h' reports 1 despite no hard link is involved. Isn't rather = 0 expected?
--0000000000004cb0dc05c6268498-- From unknown Sun Sep 21 06:48:49 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#49335: v.8.32 - stat(1) | Symbolic link interpreted as hard link Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49335 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Ricky Tigg , 49335@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 49335-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49335.16252447176493 (code B ref 49335); Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:52:02 +0000 Received: (at 49335) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2021 16:51:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37075 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lzMOT-0001ga-3S for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:51:57 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-f47.google.com ([209.85.221.47]:45786) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lzMOR-0001gH-GU; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:51:56 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-f47.google.com with SMTP id i8so348661wrp.12; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:51:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=kFIV+O/rUpntPkV4TQ/DFPS3hVVfvJicCpy0z2im6Qs=; b=oLy2awEB505XgvmZPrcmCqLQo5CF/l9qDCSGdx1X52yINuzdX42tS1SZsR+3drNzoO HhCx0emfYwgoJQ1yrY1s8H2jZ/0Kb/n2/Cnuavnyo/zOjxLTCD+IqGfSPAOde+VMfjTb jMXKd4fMQnVC6qC1zuuaoycrqGrfPT2vSN7rkJQL9meZnF1RTOdWHHn2+d73swdn/tKC lwlmaRgrHI/GiAt+KGHH9R2Eo5F8SpfWz9ezhOFa3Dg7t3Z9LCIBJWsjtSz01Jy+FSdI pRpJCZ0YPns6NBa4rb2+eTvPofyObjvrhLSOZ9vLrAhY5XFokAD4p4rKSyeCvj64dwCi 6yQQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id :date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kFIV+O/rUpntPkV4TQ/DFPS3hVVfvJicCpy0z2im6Qs=; b=qlLCgEJULjrBXpO3UBPhMUMSpFz0bT/+zQQamfA6RYnHY6k0YwTIsjTu0+dIy8hC+K /AdlPBlBp8uroomEi+7pS+pFo5Jk3bz/HfXQYKABLj1bDLHceGRPYq3P2h5C+t1q2dob Bl9OqlrCVAhOkhhH5tIoxPUPvOI7Z8ShzX0rrtX9gbz2Lb4onL0JqhY6obuEQZD4/trL acupGMAJQ6QoX22DLv4tTcR1f/u3dvMWe9+L1ZDkjyiGD0bSeCPvRGGl/d72dKf8clJp W1RIvRDPrf6inB+c06RHwim41bzKw04nrq0X7K4ls5UOcFpZAzOta7Zuw1kr+0d7z4Gh fG/g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532UIjbrbg6q0kMJqWXNbGmnOb4F44cWrL8eQQGbnCgS9myv1Q0h Z6/RohTGgPUCCCC8XLRefp+A1QN8MXSoGA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxEnKEWVQ2U/uexR9Kfp+rWecfs6HvG+uBt8Z/G0SALIeaV/pUIUHUtUuGi/HgDCD6Hp3oq6A== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:6511:: with SMTP id x17mr654469wru.212.1625244709400; Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:51:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (86-42-15-3-dynamic.agg2.lod.rsl-rtd.eircom.net. [86.42.15.3]) by smtp.googlemail.com with UTF8SMTPSA id l10sm3032809wrt.49.2021.07.02.09.51.48 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:51:48 -0700 (PDT) References: From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Message-ID: <25fbe160-635f-c494-3900-be2682d889d1@draigBrady.com> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 17:51:47 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:84.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/84.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) tag 49335 notabug close 49335 stop On 02/07/2021 17:32, Ricky Tigg wrote: > Hello, symbolic link counted as hard link. To reproduce: > > $ touch t; ln -sr t l; stat -c '%i %h %n %F' t l > 4172493 1 t regular empty file > 4172494 1 l symbolic link > > '%h' reports *1* despite no hard link is involved. Isn't rather *0* > expected? 1 is expected for any standard file as the names of those files are (hard)linked to an associated inode. I.e. a hardlink is not a type of file, rather a structure of the file system. One would only expect 0 for names unlinked from the file system, which you could demonstrate like: f=file.to.delete; touch "$f" && (rm "$f" && stat -L -c '%h' /dev/stdin) < "$f" The following gives an overview of the various types of links: https://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/unix_links.html cheers, Pádraig