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[oweals/busybox.git] / libbb / xreadlink.c
1 /*
2  *  xreadlink.c - safe implementation of readlink.
3  *  Returns a NULL on failure...
4  */
5
6 #include <stdio.h>
7
8 /*
9  * NOTE: This function returns a malloced char* that you will have to free
10  * yourself. You have been warned.
11  */
12
13 #include <unistd.h>
14 #include "libbb.h"
15
16 extern char *xreadlink(const char *path)
17 {
18         static const int GROWBY = 80; /* how large we will grow strings by */
19
20         char *buf = NULL;
21         int bufsize = 0, readsize = 0;
22
23         do {
24                 buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize += GROWBY);
25                 readsize = readlink(path, buf, bufsize); /* 1st try */
26                 if (readsize == -1) {
27                         bb_perror_msg("%s", path);
28                         free(buf);
29                         return NULL;
30                 }
31         }
32         while (bufsize < readsize + 1);
33
34         buf[readsize] = '\0';
35
36         return buf;
37 }