On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 03:51:59PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >----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.
That's not a rationale, it's an excuse for going to the extra effort. I guess my vote is to fill the buffer with as many occurrences of "cygwinisgreat" as will fit. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/