(main): Fatal if hard links cannot be created.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/movemail.c b/lib-src/movemail.c
index 7f9026d89c7..eeb253a585e 100644
--- a/lib-src/movemail.c
+++ b/lib-src/movemail.c
@@ -341,6 +341,13 @@ main (argc, argv)
           close (desc);
 
           tem = link (tempname, lockname);
+
+#ifdef EPERM
+          if (tem < 0 && errno == EPERM)
+            fatal ("Unable to create hard link between %s and %s",
+                   tempname, lockname);
+#endif
+
           unlink (tempname);
           if (tem >= 0)
             break;