diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'abspath.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | abspath.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ int is_directory(const char *path) /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */ #define MAXDEPTH 5 -const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path) +/* + * Use this to get the real path, i.e. resolve links. If you want an + * absolute path but don't mind links, use absolute_path. + * + * If path is our buffer, then return path, as it's already what the + * user wants. + */ +const char *real_path(const char *path) { static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1]; char cwd[1024] = ""; @@ -104,7 +111,14 @@ static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void) return cwd; } -const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path) +/* + * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want + * to resolve links, you should use real_path. + * + * If the path is already absolute, then return path. As the user is + * never meant to free the return value, we're safe. + */ +const char *absolute_path(const char *path) { static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1]; |