--- libaitio/src/aitio.c	2013/06/04 12:19:54	1.15.2.1
+++ libaitio/src/aitio.c	2014/02/05 02:24:28	1.16.32.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *  by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>
 *
 * $Author: misho $
-* $Id: aitio.c,v 1.15.2.1 2013/06/04 12:19:54 misho Exp $
+* $Id: aitio.c,v 1.16.32.1 2014/02/05 02:24:28 misho Exp $
 *
 **************************************************************************
 The ELWIX and AITNET software is distributed under the following
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ terms:
 All of the documentation and software included in the ELWIX and AITNET
 Releases is copyrighted by ELWIX - Sofia/Bulgaria <info@elwix.org>
 
-Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
+Copyright 2004 - 2014
 	by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>.  All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -563,24 +563,20 @@ ioRealFileName(const char *fname)
 	if (!fname)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (stat(fname, &sb) == -1) {
-		LOGERR;
-		return NULL;
-	}
 	str = e_malloc(MAXPATHLEN);
 	if (!str) {
 		io_SetErr(elwix_GetErrno(), "%s", elwix_GetError());
 		return NULL;
 	} else
 		memset(str, 0, MAXPATHLEN);
-	if (sb.st_mode & S_IFLNK) {
-		if (readlink(fname, str, MAXPATHLEN) == -1) {
+	if (readlink(fname, str, MAXPATHLEN) == -1) {
+		if (stat(fname, &sb) == -1) {
 			LOGERR;
 			e_free(str);
 			return NULL;
-		}
-	} else
-		strlcpy(str, fname, MAXPATHLEN);
+		} else
+			strlcpy(str, fname, MAXPATHLEN);
+	}
 
 	return str;
 }