From c113284a4bf6441e59d621bc1022f23d48405f85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rayhan Faizel <rayhan.faizel@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 23:46:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] uucore: modify are_hardlinks_to_same_file to check only
 immediate metadata

---
 src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs
index a97e8ac9c..e92d0977f 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fs.rs
@@ -635,12 +635,12 @@ pub fn are_hardlinks_to_same_file(_source: &Path, _target: &Path) -> bool {
 /// * `bool` - Returns `true` if the paths are hard links to the same file, and `false` otherwise.
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub fn are_hardlinks_to_same_file(source: &Path, target: &Path) -> bool {
-    let source_metadata = match fs::metadata(source) {
+    let source_metadata = match fs::symlink_metadata(source) {
         Ok(metadata) => metadata,
         Err(_) => return false,
     };
 
-    let target_metadata = match fs::metadata(target) {
+    let target_metadata = match fs::symlink_metadata(target) {
         Ok(metadata) => metadata,
         Err(_) => return false,
     };