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Manpages REALPATHSection: Linux Programmer's Manual (3 )Updated: 1999-08-24 Index Return to Main Contents NAMErealpath - return the canonicalized absolute pathnameSYNOPSIS#include <limits.h> #include <stdlib.h> char *realpath(const char *path, char *resolved_path); DESCRIPTIONrealpath expands all symbolic links and resolves references to '/./', '/../' and extra '/' characters in the null terminated string named by path and stores the canonicalized absolute pathname in the buffer of size PATH_MAX named by resolved_path. The resulting path will have no symbolic link, '/./' or '/../' components.RETURN VALUEIf there is no error, it returns a pointer to the resolved_path.Otherwise it returns a NULL pointer, and the contents of the array resolved_path are undefined. The global variable errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
BUGSThe libc4 and libc5 implementation contains a buffer overflow (fixed in libc-5.4.13). Thus, suid programs like mount need a private version.The length of the output buffer should have been an additional parameter, especially since pathconf(3) warns that the result of pathconf() may be huge and unsuitable for mallocing memory. HISTORYThe realpath function first appeared in BSD 4.4, contributed by Jan-Simon Pendry. In Linux this function appears in libc 4.5.21.CONFORMING TOIn BSD 4.4 and Solaris the limit on the pathname length is MAXPATHLEN (found in <sys/param.h>). The SUSv2 prescribes PATH_MAX and NAME_MAX, as found in <limits.h> or provided by the pathconf() function. A typical source fragment would be
The BSD 4.4, Linux and SUSv2 versions always return an absolute path name. Solaris may return a relative path name when the path argument is relative. The prototype of realpath is given in <unistd.h> in libc4 and libc5, but in <stdlib.h> everywhere else. SEE ALSOreadlink(2), getcwd(3), pathconf(3), sysconf(3)
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