commit - 8a26417b7abb3158012feb054f944ea32cc46272
commit + 0a2290523265287829036cbbc71e4cbbc80207d8
blob - 5726969bed8bd334fa21d030c7bd39e35b48d5ab
blob + 4f95932e57194b0aad342b4b642688c41cfe3e94
--- src/lib9/_p9dir.c
+++ src/lib9/_p9dir.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ disksize(int fd, int dev)
  * getpwnam in the first place, so I'm not too worried.
  */
 int
-_p9dir(struct stat *st, char *name, Dir *d, char **str, char *estr)
+_p9dir(struct stat *lst, struct stat *st, char *name, Dir *d, char **str, char *estr)
 {
 	char *s;
 	char tmp[20];
blob - e617bc2f0612f1047f1bbe01586115c6e271aaea
blob + 68427916f916475f3adf4a0c75ac95663bb5c077
--- src/lib9/dirfstat.c
+++ src/lib9/dirfstat.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dirfstat(int fd)
 	if(d == nil)
 		return nil;
 	str = (char*)&d[1];
-	_p9dir(&st, tmp, d, &str, str+nstr);
+	_p9dir(&st, &st, tmp, d, &str, str+nstr);
 	return d;
 }
 
blob - 0a72d62e4d0848176f0bd17fe7e322092faf9d4e
blob + e4ab3e535ab1d583a2bf0e764bc26e4e5e136ffc
--- src/lib9/dirread.c
+++ src/lib9/dirread.c
@@ -82,10 +82,14 @@ dirpackage(int fd, char *buf, int n, Dir **dp)
 		de = (struct dirent*)p;
 		if(de->d_name[0] == 0)
 			/* nothing */ {}
-		else if(stat(de->d_name, &st) < 0)
+		else if(lstat(de->d_name, &lst) < 0)
 			de->d_name[0] = 0;
-		else
-			nstr += _p9dir(&st, de->d_name, nil, nil, nil);
+		else{
+			st = lst;
+			if((lst.st_mode&S_IFMT) == S_ISLNK)
+				stat(de->d_name, &st);
+			nstr += _p9dir(&lst, &st, de->d_name, nil, nil, nil);
+		}
 		p += de->d_reclen;
 	}
 
blob - 253a905661eefb2e551080040f2ca697ddba3e06
blob + b46831ccd48da78c6e10ca9388ce5b56a2105e18
--- src/lib9/dirstat.c
+++ src/lib9/dirstat.c
@@ -9,20 +9,24 @@ extern int _p9dir(struct stat*, char*, Dir*, char**, c
 Dir*
 dirstat(char *file)
 {
+	struct lstat lst;
 	struct stat st;
 	int nstr;
 	Dir *d;
 	char *str;
 
-	if(stat(file, &st) < 0)
+	if(lstat(file, &lst) < 0)
 		return nil;
+	st = lst;
+	if((lst.mode&S_IFMT) == S_ISLNK)
+		stat(file, &st);
 
-	nstr = _p9dir(&st, file, nil, nil, nil);
+	nstr = _p9dir(&lst, &st, file, nil, nil, nil);
 	d = mallocz(sizeof(Dir)+nstr, 1);
 	if(d == nil)
 		return nil;
 	str = (char*)&d[1];
-	_p9dir(&st, file, d, &str, str+nstr);
+	_p9dir(&lst, &st, file, d, &str, str+nstr);
 	return d;
 }