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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;
+}