1 /* xreadlinkat.c -- readlink wrapper to return the link name in malloc'd storage
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2007, 2009-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17
18 /* Written by Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>,
19 and Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>,
20 and Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>. */
21
22 #include <config.h>
23
24 /* Specification. */
25 #include "xreadlink.h"
26
27 #include <errno.h>
28
29 #include "areadlink.h"
30 #include "xalloc.h"
31
32 /* Call readlinkat to get the symbolic link value of FILENAME relative to FD.
33 Return a pointer to that NUL-terminated string in malloc'd storage.
34 If readlinkat fails, return NULL and set errno (although failure to
35 change directory will issue a diagnostic and exit).
36 If realloc fails, or if the link value is longer than SIZE_MAX :-),
37 give a diagnostic and exit. */
38
39 char *
40 xreadlinkat (int fd, char const *filename)
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41 {
42 char *result = areadlinkat (fd, filename);
43 if (result == NULL && errno == ENOMEM)
44 xalloc_die ();
45 return result;
46 }