[PATCH 1/2] rename: allow renaming in subdirectories

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Earlier the rename(1) considered path as possible string to be renamed,
could lead to an issue with none existing destination.  See below for
demonstration of this issue.  After this change all directory elements
are ignored when the match finding happens.

$ cd $(mktemp -d)
$ mkdir aa ab
$ touch a{a,b}/aa
$ rename -v a x */aa
rename: aa/aa: rename to xa/aa failed: No such file or directory

Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx>
---
 misc-utils/rename.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc-utils/rename.c b/misc-utils/rename.c
index 9db85fb..b945aaa 100644
--- a/misc-utils/rename.c
+++ b/misc-utils/rename.c
@@ -46,9 +46,14 @@ static int do_rename(char *from, char *to, char *s, int verbose, int symtarget)
 
 		target[sb.st_size] = '\0';
 		where = strstr(target, from);
-	} else
-		where = strstr(s, from);
+	} else {
+		char *file;
 
+		file = rindex(s, '/');
+		if (file == NULL)
+			file = s;
+		where = strstr(file, from);
+	}
 	if (where == NULL) {
 		free(target);
 		return 0;
-- 
1.9.3

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