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+/* Work around an fstatat bug on Solaris 9.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert and Jim Meyering.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#define COMPILING_FSTATAT 1
+#include "openat.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* fstatat should always follow symbolic links that end in /, but on
+   Solaris 9 it doesn't if AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW is specified.  This is
+   the same problem that lstat.c addresses, so solve it in a similar
+   way.  */
+
+int
+rpl_fstatat (int fd, char const *file, struct stat *st, int flag)
+{
+  int result = fstatat (fd, file, st, flag);
+
+  if (result == 0 && (flag & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) && S_ISLNK (st->st_mode)
+      && file[strlen (file) - 1] == '/')
+    {
+      /* FILE refers to a symbolic link and the name ends with a slash.
+	 Get info about the link's referent.  */
+      result = fstatat (fd, file, st, flag & ~AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+      if (result == 0 && ! S_ISDIR (st->st_mode))
+	{
+	  /* fstatat succeeded and FILE references a non-directory.
+	     But it was specified via a name including a trailing
+	     slash.  Fail with errno set to ENOTDIR to indicate the
+	     contradiction.  */
+	  errno = ENOTDIR;
+	  return -1;
+	}
+    }
+
+  return result;
+}