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+/* 
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Wind River Systems; see
+ * guts/COPYRIGHT for information.
+ *
+ * static int
+ * wrap_link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath) {
+ *	int rc = -1;
+ */
+ 	pseudo_msg_t *msg;
+ 	struct stat buf;
+
+	rc = real_link(oldpath, newpath);
+	if (rc == 0) {
+		/* link(2) will not overwrite; if it succeeded, we know
+		 * that there was no previous file with this name, so we
+		 * shove it into the database.
+		 */
+		/* On linux, link(2) links to symlinks, not to the
+		 * files they link to.  This is contraPOSIX, but
+		 * it's apparently useful.
+		 */
+		real_lstat(oldpath, &buf);
+		/* a link should copy the existing database entry, if
+		 * there is one.  OP_LINK is also used to insert unseen
+		 * files, though, so it can't be implicit.
+		 */
+		msg = pseudo_client_op_plain(OP_STAT, 0, -1, -1, oldpath, &buf);
+		if (msg) {
+			pseudo_stat_msg_plain(&buf, msg);
+		}
+		pseudo_client_op_plain(OP_LINK, 0, -1, -1, newpath, &buf);
+	}
+
+/*	return rc;
+ * }
+ */