source: MondoRescue/branches/3.0/mindi-busybox/libbb/xreadlink.c@ 3085

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/*
 * xreadlink.c - safe implementation of readlink.
 * Returns a NULL on failure...
 *
 * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
 */

#include "libbb.h"

/*
 * NOTE: This function returns a malloced char* that you will have to free
 * yourself.
 */
char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_readlink(const char *path)
{
    enum { GROWBY = 80 }; /* how large we will grow strings by */

    char *buf = NULL;
    int bufsize = 0, readsize = 0;

    do {
        bufsize += GROWBY;
        buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize);
        readsize = readlink(path, buf, bufsize);
        if (readsize == -1) {
            free(buf);
            return NULL;
        }
    } while (bufsize < readsize + 1);

    buf[readsize] = '\0';

    return buf;
}

/*
 * This routine is not the same as realpath(), which
 * canonicalizes the given path completely. This routine only
 * follows trailing symlinks until a real file is reached and
 * returns its name. If the path ends in a dangling link or if
 * the target doesn't exist, the path is returned in any case.
 * Intermediate symlinks in the path are not expanded -- only
 * those at the tail.
 * A malloced char* is returned, which must be freed by the caller.
 */
char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_follow_symlinks(const char *path)
{
    char *buf;
    char *lpc;
    char *linkpath;
    int bufsize;
    int looping = MAXSYMLINKS + 1;

    buf = xstrdup(path);
    goto jump_in;

    while (1) {
        linkpath = xmalloc_readlink(buf);
        if (!linkpath) {
            /* not a symlink, or doesn't exist */
            if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOENT)
                return buf;
            goto free_buf_ret_null;
        }

        if (!--looping) {
            free(linkpath);
 free_buf_ret_null:
            free(buf);
            return NULL;
        }

        if (*linkpath != '/') {
            bufsize += strlen(linkpath);
            buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize);
            lpc = bb_get_last_path_component_strip(buf);
            strcpy(lpc, linkpath);
            free(linkpath);
        } else {
            free(buf);
            buf = linkpath;
 jump_in:
            bufsize = strlen(buf) + 1;
        }
    }
}

char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(const char *path)
{
    char *buf = xmalloc_readlink(path);
    if (!buf) {
        /* EINVAL => "file: Invalid argument" => puzzled user */
        const char *errmsg = "not a symlink";
        int err = errno;
        if (err != EINVAL)
            errmsg = strerror(err);
        bb_error_msg("%s: cannot read link: %s", path, errmsg);
    }
    return buf;
}

char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_realpath(const char *path)
{
#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)
    /* glibc provides a non-standard extension */
    /* new: POSIX.1-2008 specifies this behavior as well */
    return realpath(path, NULL);
#else
    char buf[PATH_MAX+1];

    /* on error returns NULL (xstrdup(NULL) == NULL) */
    return xstrdup(realpath(path, buf));
#endif
}