New module 'fstatat', split off from module 'openat'. * lib/openat.h (statat, lstatat): Enable only if GNULIB_FSTATAT is defined. * m4/fstatat.m4: New file. extracted from m4/openat.m4. * m4/openat.m4 (gl_FUNC_OPENAT): Don't set GNULIB_FSTATAT. Don't invoke gl_FUNC_FSTATAT. (gl_FUNC_FSTATAT): Moved to m4/fstatat.m4. * modules/fstatat: New file, extracted from modules/openat. * modules/openat (Files): Remove lib/fstatat.c. (Depends-on): Remove lstat. (configure.ac): Remove AC_LIBOBJ of fstatat. * modules/fstatat-tests: New file, extracted from modules/openat-tests. * modules/openat-tests (Files): Remove tests/test-fstatat.c, tests/test-lstat.h, tests/test-stat.h. (Depends-on): Remove getcwd-lgpl. (Makefile.am): Remove rules for test-fstatat. * doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi: Mention module 'fstatat' instead of module 'openat'. * NEWS: Mention the change. * modules/getcwd (Depends-on): Add fstatat. * modules/linkat (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/mkfifoat-tests (Depends-on): Likewise. * modules/utimensat (Depends-on): Add fstatat. Remove openat.

Description:
link() function: create a new link for an existing file

Files:
lib/link.c
m4/link.m4

Depends-on:
unistd
stat            [test $HAVE_LINK = 0 || test $REPLACE_LINK = 1]
strdup-posix    [test $HAVE_LINK = 0 || test $REPLACE_LINK = 1]
sys_stat        [test $HAVE_LINK = 0 || test $REPLACE_LINK = 1]

configure.ac:
gl_FUNC_LINK
if test $HAVE_LINK = 0 || test $REPLACE_LINK = 1; then
  AC_LIBOBJ([link])
fi
gl_UNISTD_MODULE_INDICATOR([link])

Makefile.am:

Include:
<unistd.h>

License:
LGPLv2+

Maintainer:
Martin Lambers, Eric Blake