X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=daemon%2Ffile.c;h=da899b6c59dd56e214046bba75991027a4596e2f;hp=a55c606615f984d36b6a247ac4be13111fbe6505;hb=ba39ced8804765705f4c61a92db0fddb8d672c7d;hpb=1253f577fa162b9170b22f3c543167aa99795920

diff --git a/daemon/file.c b/daemon/file.c
index a55c606..da899b6 100644
--- a/daemon/file.c
+++ b/daemon/file.c
@@ -581,8 +581,13 @@ do_file (const char *path)
     }
   }
 
+  /* Which flags to use?  For /dev paths, follow links because
+   * /dev/VG/LV is a symbolic link.
+   */
+  const char *flags = is_dev ? "-zbsL" : "-zb";
+
   char *out, *err;
-  int r = command (&out, &err, "file", "-zbs", path, NULL);
+  int r = command (&out, &err, "file", flags, path, NULL);
   free (buf);
 
   if (r == -1) {