At the Unix level, you use the readlink() function - very carefully since it does not null-terminate the string it returns. In the APR interface, ... it is not clear that there are APR wrapper functions to cover this.
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 15:33, Tim Traver <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > ok, I'm in the process of writing an apache httpd module, and have been > looking through the docs for apr functions, as I want to use what I have > available to me, rather than include outside system sources. > > When I do a stat on a symbolic link, I need to be able to see the links > target path, and I can't seem to figure out how to get that. > > For instance, for a link that might look like this: > > /links/dude.domain.com -> /home/sites/volume03/site/htdocs > > When I do the apr_stat on the /link/dude.domain.com link, it appears I > get all the stat info on the link itself, but how do I read the > destination path from the structure? > > Here's an example of how I'm using the code : > > apr_finfo_t pathstat; > char *path; > > path = "/links/dude.domain.com"; > > apr_stat(&pathstat,path,APR_FINFO_LINK,r->pool); > > Then, I am trying to look at the data fields returned like > pathstat.fname, and pathstat.name, but I'm not getting the path of the > destination, only the original path to the link. > > I tried using different parameters like APR_FINFO_NAME, or > APR_FINFO_TYPE... > > I can't figure out how to get the path to the target... > > If it matters, I'm using the latest 2.2.17 httpd, which I believe uses > the 1.4 branch of the apr libraries, and I am on FreeBSD. > > any help would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Tim. > -- Jonathan Leffler <[email protected]> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2008.0513 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused."
