1 # open-slash.m4 serial 2
2 dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
7 dnl Tests whether open() and creat() recognize a trailing slash.
8 dnl Sets gl_cv_func_open_slash.
9 AC_DEFUN([gl_OPEN_TRAILING_SLASH_BUG],
11 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
12 dnl open("foo/") should not create a file when the file name has a
13 dnl trailing slash. FreeBSD only has the problem on symlinks.
14 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([lstat])
15 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether open recognizes a trailing slash],
16 [gl_cv_func_open_slash],
17 [# Assume that if we have lstat, we can also check symlinks.
18 if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
20 ln -s conftest.tmp conftest.lnk
33 if (open ("conftest.lnk/", O_RDONLY) != -1)
36 if (open ("conftest.sl/", O_CREAT, 0600) >= 0)
40 [gl_cv_func_open_slash=yes],
41 [gl_cv_func_open_slash=no],
45 freebsd* | aix* | hpux* | solaris2.[0-9] | solaris2.[0-9].*)
46 gl_cv_func_open_slash="guessing no" ;;
48 gl_cv_func_open_slash="guessing yes" ;;
52 rm -f conftest.sl conftest.tmp conftest.lnk
54 case "$gl_cv_func_open_slash" in
56 AC_DEFINE([OPEN_TRAILING_SLASH_BUG], [1],
57 [Define to 1 if open() fails to recognize a trailing slash.])