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1 /* $NetBSD$ */
3 /*++
4 /* NAME
5 /* sane_rename 3
6 /* SUMMARY
7 /* sanitize rename() error returns
8 /* SYNOPSIS
9 /* #include <sane_fsops.h>
11 /* int sane_rename(old, new)
12 /* const char *from;
13 /* const char *to;
14 /* DESCRIPTION
15 /* sane_rename() implements the rename(2) system call, and works
16 /* around some errors that are possible with NFS file systems.
17 /* LICENSE
18 /* .ad
19 /* .fi
20 /* The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
21 /* AUTHOR(S)
22 /* Wietse Venema
23 /* IBM T.J. Watson Research
24 /* P.O. Box 704
25 /* Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
26 /*--*/
28 /* System library. */
30 #include "sys_defs.h"
31 #include <sys/stat.h>
32 #include <errno.h>
33 #include <stdio.h> /* rename(2) syscall in stdio.h? */
35 /* Utility library. */
37 #include "msg.h"
38 #include "sane_fsops.h"
40 /* sane_rename - sanitize rename() error returns */
42 int sane_rename(const char *from, const char *to)
44 const char *myname = "sane_rename";
45 int saved_errno;
46 struct stat st;
49 * Normal case: rename() succeeds.
51 if (rename(from, to) >= 0)
52 return (0);
55 * Woops. Save errno, and see if the error is an NFS artefact. If it is,
56 * pretend the error never happened.
58 saved_errno = errno;
59 if (stat(from, &st) < 0 && stat(to, &st) >= 0) {
60 msg_info("%s(%s,%s): worked around spurious NFS error",
61 myname, from, to);
62 return (0);
66 * Nope, it didn't. Restore errno and report the error.
68 errno = saved_errno;
69 return (-1);