const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
{
static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
} else {
const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
if (!cwd)
die("Cannot determine the current working directory");
if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
}
return buf;
}
/*
* Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
* to resolve links, you should use real_path.
*
* If the path is already absolute, then return path. As the user is
* never meant to free the return value, we're safe.
*/
const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
{
static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
} else {
size_t len;
const char *fmt;
const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
if (!cwd)
die_errno("Cannot determine the current working directory");
len = strlen(cwd);
fmt = (len > 0 && is_dir_sep(cwd[len-1])) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s";
if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, fmt, cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
}
return buf;
}
