git: b4305c90a3be - main - lesspipe: Allow zstd to operate on a symlink
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:59:36 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=b4305c90a3be7e1a40b76545b8b761fdbda5c309
commit b4305c90a3be7e1a40b76545b8b761fdbda5c309
Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-04 16:56:37 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-23 18:57:58 +0000
lesspipe: Allow zstd to operate on a symlink
By default zstd refuses to operate on symlinks, so for example
`zless /var/crash/vmcore.last.zst` failed to view the uncompressed core
file. Add -f to the zstd command line to allow operation on symlinks.
Reviewed by: delphij
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55101
---
usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
index 253914b8b3ee..6fc6cc471638 100644
--- a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ case "$1" in
exec lzma -d -c "$1" 2>/dev/null
;;
*.zst)
- exec zstd -d -q -c "$1" 2>/dev/null
+ exec zstd -d -q -c -f "$1" 2>/dev/null
;;
*) exec cat "$1" 2>/dev/null
;;