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Subject: Re: Symlink resolving rewrite
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> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:43:11 +0200
> From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
> 
> 2) __solve_dir_symlinks():
> 
> With this example path:
> c:/dir/link/dir2
>    Saves last path part (dir2 in example), also saves everything
> before second slash from the end (c:/dir/) calls readlink() for
> c:/dir/link. If readlink returns relative path, then it is appended
> to saved c:/dir/, if absolute, then saved 'c:/dir/' is discarded.
> Finally last path part ('dir2') is appended to result.

Assuming this indeed is needed, wouldn't it be a better design to have
a function that resolves one path component at a time?  Then you could
simply call it in a loop, replacing the slash after each part with a
'\0', and accumulate the full resolved path as you go.