* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-origin.c (_dl_get_origin): We cannot
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1 /* Find path of executable.
2 Copyright (C) 1998-2000, 2002, 2004, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1998.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Lesser General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
18 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
19 02111-1307 USA. */
21 #include <assert.h>
22 #include <stdlib.h>
23 #include <string.h>
24 #include <unistd.h>
25 #include <sys/param.h>
26 #include <ldsodefs.h>
27 #include <sysdep.h>
29 #include <dl-dst.h>
31 /* On Linux >= 2.1 systems which have the dcache implementation we can get
32 the path of the application from the /proc/self/exe symlink. Try this
33 first and fall back on the generic method if necessary. */
35 const char *
36 _dl_get_origin (void)
38 char linkval[PATH_MAX];
39 const char *str;
40 char *result = (char *) -1l;
41 int len;
43 str = GLRO(dl_execfn);
44 if (str == NULL || str[0] != '/')
46 INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
48 len = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (readlink, err, 3, "/proc/self/exe", linkval,
49 sizeof (linkval));
50 if (! INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (len, err)
51 && len > 0 && linkval[0] != '[')
52 str = linkval;
53 else
54 str = NULL;
56 else
57 len = strlen (str);
59 if (str == NULL)
61 /* We use the environment variable LD_ORIGIN_PATH. If it is set make
62 a copy and strip out trailing slashes. */
63 if (GLRO(dl_origin_path) != NULL)
65 size_t len = strlen (GLRO(dl_origin_path));
66 result = (char *) malloc (len + 1);
67 if (result == NULL)
68 result = (char *) -1;
69 else
71 char *cp = __mempcpy (result, GLRO(dl_origin_path), len);
72 while (cp > result + 1 && cp[-1] == '/')
73 --cp;
74 *cp = '\0';
78 else
80 /* We can use this value. */
81 assert (str[0] == '/');
82 while (len > 1 && str[len - 1] != '/')
83 --len;
84 result = (char *) malloc (len + 1);
85 if (result == NULL)
86 result = (char *) -1;
87 else if (len == 1)
88 memcpy (result, "/", 2);
89 else
90 *((char *) __mempcpy (result, str, len - 1)) = '\0';
93 return result;