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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/cp utils.c src/bin/csh dir.c src/bin/pax ftree.c
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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

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