[Bug 367211] Re: sed -i destroys symlink

[Aditya Gnaneshwar]

can we have a similar option for a hard link file?

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Title:
  sed -i destroys symlink

Status in sed package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When using 'sed -i' on a symlink the symlink gets destroyed.
  Observe:

  % ls -l myfile symlink
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 12 Apr 26 10:53 myfile
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 miekg miekg  6 Apr 26 10:53 symlink -> myfile

  # do an edit
  % sed -i 's/hello//' symlink

  % ls -l myfile symlink
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 12 Apr 26 10:53 myfile
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg  7 Apr 26 10:54 symlink

  And gone is your symlink.

  This either a feature or a bug :)

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