-/* Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+/* Obsolete function to get current working directory.
+ Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
-published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
-The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-Library General Public License for more details.
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Library General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
-not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
-Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
-#include <ansidecl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-/* Put the absolute pathname of the current working direction in BUF.
- If successful, return BUF. If not, put an error message in
- BUF and return NULL. BUF should be at least PATH_MAX bytes long. */
+
char *
-DEFUN(getwd, (buf), char *buf)
+getwd (buf)
+ char *buf;
{
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+#define PATH_MAX 1024
+#endif
+ char tmpbuf[PATH_MAX];
+
if (buf == NULL)
{
- errno = EINVAL;
+ __set_errno (EINVAL);
return NULL;
}
- if (getcwd (buf, PATH_MAX) == NULL)
+ if (getcwd (tmpbuf, PATH_MAX) == NULL)
{
- (void) strncpy (buf, strerror (errno), PATH_MAX);
+ /* We use 1024 here since it should really be enough and because
+ this is a safe value. */
+ __strerror_r (errno, buf, 1024);
return NULL;
}
- return buf;
+ /* This is completely unsafe. Nobody can say how big the user
+ provided buffer is. Perhaps the application and the libc
+ disagree about the value of PATH_MAX. */
+ return strcpy (buf, tmpbuf);
}
+
+link_warning (getwd,
+ "the `getwd' function is dangerous and should not be used.")