Re: [patch] solaris getcwd() brokeness

At 03:41 PM 2/13/2003 -0500, James E. Flemer wrote:

RCS file: /repository/TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c,v retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -b -r1.41 tsrm_virtual_cwd.c

--- TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c     6 Nov 2002 18:07:22 -0000       1.41
+++ TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c     13 Feb 2003 20:40:07 -0000

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@

                return (0);

#if !defined(TSRM_WIN32) && !defined(NETWARE)

-       if (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(path, path_length)) {
+       if (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(path, path_length) || (state->cwd_length < 1)) {
                if (use_realpath && realpath(path, resolved_path)) {
                        path = resolved_path;
                        path_length = strlen(path);

Will realpath() work in cases where getcwd() didn't work? (btw it's nicer to check state->cwd_length == 0 than < 1 IMO).

@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@

        }

+ if (state->cwd_length > 0 || IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(path, path_length)) {

        ptr = tsrm_strtok_r(path_copy, TOKENIZER_STRING, &tok);
        while (ptr) {
                ptr_length = strlen(ptr);

@@ -416,6 +417,11 @@

                state->cwd[state->cwd_length+1] = '\0';
                state->cwd_length++;
        }

+ } else {

+       state->cwd = (char *) realloc(state->cwd, path_length+1);
+       memcpy(state->cwd, path, path_length+1);
+       state->cwd_length = path_length;

+ }

I'm trying to think if there's some other way of doing this. What is the main problem in this loop? Does it add / or c:\ in the beginning of the string? Andi