1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xreadlink.c b/libbb/xreadlink.c
index 9b62bcc43..6315033bb 100644
--- a/libbb/xreadlink.c
+++ b/libbb/xreadlink.c
@@ -122,3 +122,33 @@ char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_realpath(const char *path)
         return xstrdup(realpath(path, buf));
 #endif
 }
+
+char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_realpath_coreutils(const char *path)
+{
+        char *buf;
+
+        errno = 0;
+        buf = xmalloc_realpath(path);
+        /*
+         * There is one case when "readlink -f" and
+         * "realpath" from coreutils succeed,
+         * even though file does not exist, such as:
+         *     /tmp/file_does_not_exist
+         * (the directory must exist).
+         */
+        if (!buf && errno == ENOENT) {
+                char *last_slash = strrchr(path, '/');
+                if (last_slash) {
+                        *last_slash++ = '\0';
+                        buf = xmalloc_realpath(path);
+                        if (buf) {
+                                unsigned len = strlen(buf);
+                                buf = xrealloc(buf, len + strlen(last_slash) + 2);
+                                buf[len++] = '/';
+                                strcpy(buf + len, last_slash);
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        return buf;
+}