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This also reverts the PATH_MAX -> MAXPATHLEN part of rev 1.3 of src/bin/realpath/realpath.c Requested by: imp Reviewed by: imp, bde
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.\" Copyright (c) 1994
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Jan-Simon Pendry.
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.\" @(#)realpath.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 2/16/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 16, 1994
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.Dt REALPATH 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm realpath
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.Nd returns the canonicalized absolute pathname
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In stdlib.h
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.Ft "char *"
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.Fn realpath "const char *pathname" "char resolved_path[PATH_MAX]"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn realpath
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function resolves all symbolic links, extra
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.Dq /
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characters and references to
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.Pa /./
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and
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.Pa /../
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in
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.Fa pathname ,
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and copies the resulting absolute pathname into
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the memory referenced by
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.Fa resolved_path .
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The
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.Fa resolved_path
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argument
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.Em must
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refer to a buffer capable of storing at least
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.Dv PATH_MAX
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characters.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn realpath
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function will resolve both absolute and relative paths
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and return the absolute pathname corresponding to
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.Fa pathname .
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All but the last component of
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.Fa pathname
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must exist when
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.Fn realpath
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is called.
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.Sh "RETURN VALUES"
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The
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.Fn realpath
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function returns
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.Fa resolved_path
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on success.
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If an error occurs,
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.Fn realpath
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returns
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.Dv NULL ,
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and
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.Fa resolved_path
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contains the pathname which caused the problem.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The function
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.Fn realpath
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may fail and set the external variable
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the library functions
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.Xr chdir 2 ,
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.Xr close 2 ,
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.Xr fchdir 2 ,
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.Xr lstat 2 ,
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr readlink 2
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and
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.Xr getcwd 3 .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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This implementation of
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.Fn realpath
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differs slightly from the Solaris implementation.
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The
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.Bx 4.4
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version always returns absolute pathnames,
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whereas the Solaris implementation will,
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under certain circumstances, return a relative
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.Fa resolved_path
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when given a relative
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.Fa pathname .
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.Sh "SEE ALSO"
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.Xr getcwd 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn realpath
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function first appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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