Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:10:07 GMT From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: standards/171577: realpath(3) returns ENOTDIR instead of ENOENT Message-ID: <201209121710.q8CHA7T3087754@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR standards/171577; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Standards <freebsd-standards@freebsd.org>, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: standards/171577: realpath(3) returns ENOTDIR instead of ENOENT Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:07:44 -0400 On 12 September 2012 13:00, Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org> wrote: > The following reply was made to PR standards/171577; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> > To: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.ORG> > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: standards/171577: realpath(3) returns ENOTDIR instead of ENOENT > Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:56:07 +0400 > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 03:54:43PM +0000, Ed Maste wrote: > > When passed a path with a component that does not exist realpath() sets > > errno to ENOTDIR instead of ENOENT. See kern/128933 for the change that > > introduced this behaviour. I believe it is incorrect. > > > > ENOTDIR is > > > > 20 ENOTDIR Not a directory. A component of the specified pathname > > existed, but it was not a directory, when a directory was > > expected. > > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > feynman% realpath /does-not-exist/foo > > realpath: /does-not-exist/foo: Not a directory > > It works as designed. See POSIX realpath ERRORS section > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/realpath.html ENOTDIR implies the path exists: [ENOTDIR] Not a directory. A component of the specified pathname exists, but it is not a directory, when a directory was expected. from section 2.3: Error Numbers http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/xsh_chap02_03.html -- Eitan Adler
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