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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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16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
19 #include <ansidecl.h>
20 #include <unistd.h>
21 #include <hurd.h>
22 #include <hurd/paths.h>
23 #include <fcntl.h>
24 #include <string.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. */
29 ssize_t
30 DEFUN(__readlink, (file_name, buf, len),
31 CONST char *file_name AND char *buf AND size_t len)
33 error_t err;
34 file_t file;
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)
40 return -1;
42 err = __file_get_translator (file, &transp, &translen);
43 __mach_port_deallocate (__mach_task_self (), file);
45 if (err)
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. */
51 err = EINVAL;
52 else
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. */
60 --len;
62 if (buf == NULL)
63 /* This call is just to find out how large a buffer is required. */
64 len = translen - sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK) - 1;
65 else
66 /* Copy into the user's buffer. */
67 memcpy (buf, transp + sizeof (_HURD_SYMLINK), len);
70 if (transp != mybuf)
71 __vm_deallocate (__mach_task_self (), (vm_address_t) transp, translen);
73 return err ? __hurd_fail (err) : len;
76 weak_alias (__readlink, readlink)