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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Problem with sh/bash and snapshot cygwin1-20050825.dll
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:51:59 +0100
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----Original Message----
>From: Christopher Faylor
>Sent: 26 August 2005 15:48

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 06:17:13AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>> While you're at it, fix realpath(NULL, buf) to set buf[0]='\0', instead
>> of leaving garbage there.
> 
> What's the rationale for touching buf when realpath is returning an error
> and setting EINVAL?
> 
> cgf

  Standards-mandated leeway?

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/realpath.html

Upon successful completion, [ ... ].  Otherwise, realpath() shall return a
null pointer and set errno to indicate the error, and the contents of the
buffer pointed to by resolved_name are undefined.


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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