// Basically just a wrapper around an fs.readlink // // XXX: Enhance this to support the Link type, by keeping // a lookup table of {:}, so that hardlinks // can be preserved in tarballs. module.exports = LinkReader var fs = require('graceful-fs') var inherits = require('inherits') var Reader = require('./reader.js') inherits(LinkReader, Reader) function LinkReader (props) { var self = this if (!(self instanceof LinkReader)) { throw new Error('LinkReader must be called as constructor.') } if (!((props.type === 'Link' && props.Link) || (props.type === 'SymbolicLink' && props.SymbolicLink))) { throw new Error('Non-link type ' + props.type) } Reader.call(self, props) } // When piping a LinkReader into a LinkWriter, we have to // already have the linkpath property set, so that has to // happen *before* the "ready" event, which means we need to // override the _stat method. LinkReader.prototype._stat = function (currentStat) { var self = this fs.readlink(self._path, function (er, linkpath) { if (er) return self.error(er) self.linkpath = self.props.linkpath = linkpath self.emit('linkpath', linkpath) Reader.prototype._stat.call(self, currentStat) }) } LinkReader.prototype._read = function () { var self = this if (self._paused) return // basically just a no-op, since we got all the info we need // from the _stat method if (!self._ended) { self.emit('end') self.emit('close') self._ended = true } }