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1 /* Return the canonical absolute name of a given file.
2 Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
17 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
18 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20 #include <assert.h>
21 #include <stdlib.h>
22 #include <string.h>
23 #include <unistd.h>
24 #include <limits.h>
25 #include <sys/param.h>
26 #include <sys/stat.h>
27 #include <errno.h>
29 /* Return the canonical absolute name of file NAME. A canonical name
30 does not contain any `.', `..' components nor any repeated path
31 separators ('/') or symlinks. All path components must exist. If
32 RESOLVED is null, the result is malloc'd; otherwise, if the
33 canonical name is PATH_MAX chars or more, returns null with `errno'
34 set to ENAMETOOLONG; if the name fits in fewer than PATH_MAX chars,
35 returns the name in RESOLVED. If the name cannot be resolved and
36 RESOLVED is non-NULL, it contains the path of the first component
37 that cannot be resolved. If the path can be resolved, RESOLVED
38 holds the same value as the value returned. */
40 static char *
41 canonicalize (const char *name, char *resolved)
43 char *rpath, *dest, *extra_buf = NULL;
44 const char *start, *end, *rpath_limit;
45 long int path_max;
46 int num_links = 0;
48 if (name == NULL)
50 /* As per Single Unix Specification V2 we must return an error if
51 either parameter is a null pointer. We extend this to allow
52 the RESOLVED parameter be NULL in case the we are expected to
53 allocate the room for the return value. */
54 __set_errno (EINVAL);
55 return NULL;
58 if (name[0] == '\0')
60 /* As per Single Unix Specification V2 we must return an error if
61 the name argument points to an empty string. */
62 __set_errno (ENOENT);
63 return NULL;
66 #ifdef PATH_MAX
67 path_max = PATH_MAX;
68 #else
69 path_max = pathconf (name, _PC_PATH_MAX);
70 if (path_max <= 0)
71 path_max = 1024;
72 #endif
74 rpath = resolved ? __alloca (path_max) : malloc (path_max);
75 rpath_limit = rpath + path_max;
77 if (name[0] != '/')
79 if (!__getcwd (rpath, path_max))
80 goto error;
81 dest = strchr (rpath, '\0');
83 else
85 rpath[0] = '/';
86 dest = rpath + 1;
89 for (start = end = name; *start; start = end)
91 struct stat st;
92 int n;
94 /* Skip sequence of multiple path-separators. */
95 while (*start == '/') ++start;
97 /* Find end of path component. */
98 for (end = start; *end && *end != '/'; ++end);
100 if (end - start == 0)
101 break;
102 else if (strncmp (start, ".", end - start) == 0)
103 /* nothing */;
104 else if (strncmp (start, "..", end - start) == 0)
106 /* Back up to previous component, ignore if at root already. */
107 if (dest > rpath + 1)
108 while ((--dest)[-1] != '/');
110 else
112 size_t new_size;
114 if (dest[-1] != '/')
115 *dest++ = '/';
117 if (dest + (end - start) >= rpath_limit)
119 if (resolved)
121 __set_errno (ENAMETOOLONG);
122 goto error;
124 new_size = rpath_limit - rpath;
125 if (end - start + 1 > path_max)
126 new_size += end - start + 1;
127 else
128 new_size += path_max;
129 rpath = realloc (rpath, new_size);
130 rpath_limit = rpath + new_size;
131 if (!rpath)
132 return NULL;
135 dest = __mempcpy (dest, start, end - start);
136 *dest = '\0';
138 if (__lxstat (_STAT_VER, rpath, &st) < 0)
139 goto error;
141 if (S_ISLNK (st.st_mode))
143 char *buf = __alloca (path_max);
144 size_t len;
146 if (++num_links > MAXSYMLINKS)
148 __set_errno (ELOOP);
149 goto error;
152 n = __readlink (rpath, buf, path_max);
153 if (n < 0)
154 goto error;
155 buf[n] = '\0';
157 if (!extra_buf)
158 extra_buf = __alloca (path_max);
160 len = strlen (end);
161 if ((long int) (n + len) >= path_max)
163 __set_errno (ENAMETOOLONG);
164 goto error;
167 /* Careful here, end may be a pointer into extra_buf... */
168 memmove (&extra_buf[n], end, len + 1);
169 memcpy (extra_buf, buf, n);
170 name = end = extra_buf;
172 if (buf[0] == '/')
173 dest = rpath + 1; /* It's an absolute symlink */
174 else
175 /* Back up to previous component, ignore if at root already: */
176 if (dest > rpath + 1)
177 while ((--dest)[-1] != '/');
181 if (dest > rpath + 1 && dest[-1] == '/')
182 --dest;
183 *dest = '\0';
185 return resolved ? strcpy (resolved, rpath) : rpath;
187 error:
188 if (resolved)
189 strcpy (resolved, rpath);
190 else
191 free (rpath);
192 return NULL;
196 char *
197 __realpath (const char *name, char *resolved)
199 if (resolved == NULL)
201 __set_errno (EINVAL);
202 return NULL;
205 return canonicalize (name, resolved);
207 weak_alias (__realpath, realpath)
210 char *
211 __canonicalize_file_name (const char *name)
213 return canonicalize (name, NULL);
215 weak_alias (__canonicalize_file_name, canonicalize_file_name)