Bug 968593

Summary:	hardlink utility skips all files with filenames ending with a dot and 6 other characters.
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution	Reporter:	Forgotten User 1SbPeiPqxK <forgotten_1SbPeiPqxK>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	E-mail List <bnc-team-screening>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	astieger
Version:	13.2
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Hardware:	x86-64
OS:	openSUSE 13.2
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Description Forgotten User 1SbPeiPqxK 2016-02-28 13:38:16 UTC

I was wondering about some skipped files using the hardlink command line utility, e.g.
backup> # hardlink -v .
...
Skipping ./20150209/home/koester/.xserverrc.secure
...

Looking at the source code ( hardlink-1.0-7.1.2.src.rpm: hardlink.c line 375) shows that this behavior is intended: All files with a filename longer than 7 characters, having a dot and exact 6 other characters at the end, are skipped. I assume this is a reminder of some test case?

I can provide a fixing patch, but I'm not familiar how to do it in this portal, so may be someone can give me an idea how to proceede.

Comment 1 Andreas Stieger 2016-02-28 14:05:04 UTC

dup

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 968591 ***