Bug ID 968593
Summary hardlink utility skips all files with filenames ending with a dot and 6 other characters.
Classification openSUSE
Product openSUSE Distribution
Version 13.2
Hardware x86-64
OS openSUSE 13.2
Status NEW
Severity Normal
Priority P5 - None
Component Basesystem
Assignee bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com
Reporter Andreas.Koester@web.de
QA Contact qa-bugs@suse.de
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Blocker --- 

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.

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