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48 .TH REALPATH 3C "Dec 20, 2014"
50 realpath \- resolve pathname
56 \fBchar *\fR\fBrealpath\fR(\fBconst char *restrict\fR \fIfile_name\fR,
57 \fBchar *restrict\fR \fIresolved_name\fR);
59 \fBchar *\fR\fBcanonicalize_file_name\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIpath\fR);
64 The \fBrealpath()\fR function derives, from the pathname pointed to by
65 \fIfile_name\fR, an absolute pathname that names the same file, whose
66 resolution does not involve "\fB\&.\fR", "\fB\&..\fR", or symbolic links. The
67 generated pathname is stored as a null-terminated string, up to a maximum of
68 {\fBPATH_MAX\fR} bytes (defined in \fBlimits.h\fR(3HEAD)), in the buffer
69 pointed to by \fIresolved_name\fR.
72 The \fBcanonicalize_file_name()\fR function is equivalent to calling
73 \fBrealpath\fR(\fIpath\fR, \fINULL\fR). This function is only provided for
77 On successful completion, \fBrealpath()\fR returns a pointer to the resolved
78 name. Otherwise, \fBrealpath()\fR returns a null pointer and sets \fBerrno\fR
79 to indicate the error, and the contents of the buffer pointed to by
80 \fIresolved_name\fR are left in an indeterminate state.
83 The \fBrealpath()\fR function will fail if:
90 Read or search permission was denied for a component of \fIfile_name\fR.
99 Either the \fIfile_name\fR or \fIresolved_name\fR argument is a null pointer.
108 An error occurred while reading from the file system.
117 Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving \fIfile_name\fR.
126 A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the
127 \fIfile_name\fR argument.
133 \fB\fBENAMETOOLONG\fR\fR
136 The \fIfile_name\fR argument is longer than {\fBPATH_MAX\fR} or a pathname
137 component is longer than {\fBNAME_MAX\fR}.
146 A component of \fIfile_name\fR does not name an existing file or
147 \fIfile_name\fR points to an empty string.
156 A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
161 The \fBrealpath()\fR function may fail if:
165 \fB\fBENAMETOOLONG\fR\fR
168 Pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result whose
169 length exceeds {\fBPATH_MAX\fR}.
178 Insufficient storage space is available.
183 The \fBrealpath()\fR function operates on null-terminated strings.
186 Execute permission is required for all the directories in the given and the
190 The \fBrealpath()\fR function might fail to return to the current directory if
194 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
202 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
204 Interface Stability Standard
211 \fBgetcwd\fR(3C), \fBlimits.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBsysconf\fR(3C),
212 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)