Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:52:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> To: cvs-src-old@freebsd.org Subject: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen getcwd.3 Message-ID: <201004171553.o3HFr9IR042800@repoman.freebsd.org>
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jilles 2010-04-17 15:52:50 UTC
FreeBSD src repository
Modified files:
lib/libc/gen getcwd.3
Log:
SVN rev 206760 on 2010-04-17 15:52:50Z by jilles
getcwd(3): Clarify that EACCES may or may not be checked.
POSIX permits but does not require checking access on the current and parent
directories.
Because various programs do not like it if getcwd(3) fails, it seems best
to avoid checking access as much as possible. There are various reports in
GNATS about this (search for getcwd).
Our getcwd(3) implementation first queries the kernel for the pathname
directly, which does not check any permissions but sometimes fails, and then
falls back to reading all parent directories for the names.
PR: standards/44425
MFC after: 2 weeks
Revision Changes Path
1.18 +11 -3 src/lib/libc/gen/getcwd.3
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