2009-10-07 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+ xreadlinkat: new module
+ * modules/xreadlinkat: New module.
+ * lib/xreadlinkat.c (xreadlinkat): New file.
+ * lib/xreadlink.h (xreadlinkat): Declare it.
+ * MODULES.html.sh (File system functions): Mention it.
+
areadlinkat: new module
* lib/at-func.c (FUNC_FAIL): New define.
(AT_FUNC_NAME, VALIDATE_FLAG): Use it rather than raw -1.
/* Reading symbolic links without size limitation.
- Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009 Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#include <stddef.h>
extern char *xreadlink (char const *filename);
+
+#if GNULIB_XREADLINKAT
+extern char *xreadlinkat (int fd, char const *filename);
+#endif
--- /dev/null
+/* xreadlinkat.c -- readlink wrapper to return the link name in malloc'd storage
+
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* Written by Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>,
+ and Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>,
+ and Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification. */
+#include "xreadlink.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "areadlink.h"
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+/* Call readlinkat to get the symbolic link value of FILENAME relative to FD.
+ Return a pointer to that NUL-terminated string in malloc'd storage.
+ If readlinkat fails, return NULL and set errno (although failure to
+ change directory will issue a diagnostic and exit).
+ If realloc fails, or if the link value is longer than SIZE_MAX :-),
+ give a diagnostic and exit. */
+
+char *
+xreadlinkat (int fd, char const *filename)
+{
+ char *result = areadlinkat (fd, filename);
+ if (result == NULL && errno == ENOMEM)
+ xalloc_die ();
+ return result;
+}