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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 17:39:29 +0000
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Adding upstream version 8.32.upstream/8.32upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+/* xreadlink.c -- readlink wrapper to return the link name in malloc'd storage
+
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* Written by Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+ and Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification. */
+#include "xreadlink.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "areadlink.h"
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+/* Call readlink to get the symbolic link value of FILENAME.
+ Return a pointer to that NUL-terminated string in malloc'd storage.
+ If readlink fails, return NULL and set errno.
+ If realloc fails, or if the link value is longer than SIZE_MAX :-),
+ give a diagnostic and exit. */
+
+char *
+xreadlink (char const *filename)
+{
+ char *result = areadlink (filename);
+ if (result == NULL && errno == ENOMEM)
+ xalloc_die ();
+ return result;
+}