-fixing #2439

diff --git a/src/include/gnunet_network_lib.h b/src/include/gnunet_network_lib.h
index 085845a0bbb533ea0a9453968c9e8c16ef530f9e..762e2faca36c361578aaf8d0236ebf3bffec8e0e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/gnunet_network_lib.h
+++ b/src/include/gnunet_network_lib.h
@@ -68,11 +68,23 @@ struct GNUNET_NETWORK_FDSet
 };
 
 
-
 #include "gnunet_disk_lib.h"
 #include "gnunet_time_lib.h"
 
 
+/**
+ * Given a unixpath that is too long (larger than UNIX_PATH_MAX),
+ * shorten it to an acceptable length while keeping it unique
+ * and making sure it remains a valid filename (if possible).
+ *
+ * @param unixpath long path, will be freed (or same pointer returned
+ *        with moved 0-termination).
+ * @return shortened unixpath, NULL on error
+ */
+char *
+GNUNET_NETWORK_shorten_unixpath (char *unixpath);
+
+
 /**
  * Accept a new connection on a socket.  Configure it for non-blocking
  * IO and mark it as non-inheritable to child processes (set the