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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #include <errno.h>
20 #include <limits.h>
21 #include <string.h>
22 #include <unistd.h>
24 /* Put the absolute pathname of the current working direction in BUF.
25 If successful, return BUF. If not, put an error message in
26 BUF and return NULL. BUF should be at least PATH_MAX bytes long. */
27 char *
28 getwd (buf)
29 char *buf;
31 #ifndef PATH_MAX
32 #define PATH_MAX 1024
33 char fetchbuf[PATH_MAX];
34 #else
35 #define fetchbuf buf
36 #endif
38 if (buf == NULL)
40 __set_errno (EINVAL);
41 return NULL;
44 if (getcwd (fetchbuf, PATH_MAX) == NULL)
46 #if defined HAVE_STRERROR_R || defined _LIBC
47 __strerror_r (errno, buf, PATH_MAX);
48 #else
49 strncpy (buf, strerror (errno), PATH_MAX);
50 #endif
51 return NULL;
54 if (fetchbuf != buf)
55 strcpy (buf, fetchbuf);
57 return buf;