1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 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
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15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
22 #include <hurd/paths.h>
26 /* Read the contents of the symbolic link FILE_NAME into no more than
27 LEN bytes of BUF. The contents are not null-terminated.
28 Returns the number of characters read, or -1 for errors. */
30 DEFUN(__readlink
, (file_name
, buf
, len
),
31 CONST
char *file_name AND
char *buf AND
size_t len
)
35 char mybuf
[2048], *transp
= mybuf
;
36 mach_msg_type_number_t translen
= sizeof (mybuf
);
38 file
= __file_name_lookup (file_name
, O_NOTRANS
, 0);
39 if (file
== MACH_PORT_NULL
)
42 err
= __file_get_translator (file
, &transp
, &translen
);
43 __mach_port_deallocate (__mach_task_self (), file
);
46 return __hurd_fail (err
);
48 if (translen
< sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK
) ||
49 memcmp (transp
, _HURD_SYMLINK
, sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK
)))
50 /* The file is not actually a symlink. */
54 /* This is a symlink; its translator is "/hurd/symlink\0target\0". */
55 if (len
>= translen
- sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK
))
57 len
= translen
- sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK
);
58 if (transp
[translen
- 1] == '\0')
59 /* Remove the null terminator. */
63 /* This call is just to find out how large a buffer is required. */
64 len
= translen
- sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK
) - 1;
66 /* Copy into the user's buffer. */
67 memcpy (buf
, transp
+ sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK
), len
);
71 __vm_deallocate (__mach_task_self (), (vm_address_t
) transp
, translen
);
73 return err
? __hurd_fail (err
) : len
;
76 weak_alias (__readlink
, readlink
)