Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:37:16 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-bin@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/cp utils.c src/bin/csh dir.c src/bin/pax ftree.c Message-ID: <199806090537.PAA01402@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>imp 1998/06/08 20:38:44 PDT > > Modified files: > bin/cp utils.c > bin/csh dir.c > bin/pax ftree.c > Log: > Make sure we pass the length - 1 to readlink, since it adds its own > NUL at the end of the path. Actually, readlink() never NUL-terminates, but some buggy applications add their own NUL at the end of the path. Most applications use a buffer of size PATH_MAX, so it's not clear if there are any problems in practice. Does nfs_readlink() actually work for foreign links of size PATH_MAX? Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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