Bug 3001

Summary: sed -i ... afile
Product: Busybox Reporter: Haluk DUMAN <halukduman09>
Component: Standard ComplianceAssignee: unassigned
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: minor CC: busybox-cvs
Priority: P5    
Version: 1.17.x   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
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Description Haluk DUMAN 2010-12-22 15:11:39 UTC
sed -i .... afile

if using sed replace function
when if afile link another file { ln -s xfile afile },
afile re-creating as regular file , and link lost...
Comment 1 Denys Vlasenko 2010-12-29 01:08:06 UTC
GNU sed 4.2.1 does the same. Busybox sed should be compatible to that.

Closing the bug.