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commit c9694ee63d451da62dc50b234b3080a35a40e844
parent bcf9338ce7dec6c83564c92567d14443d0467806
Author: Jerzi Kaminsky <JerziKaminsky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:37:43 +0300

Add resolve_path() to utils

Diffstat:
M
common/util.c
 | 
42
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
M
include/util.h
 | 
8
++++++++

2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/util.c b/common/util.c
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -118,3 +122,40 @@ uint32_t parse_color(const char *color) {
 	}
 	return res;
 }
+
+char* resolve_path(const char* path) {
+    struct stat sb;
+    ssize_t r;
+    int i;
+    char *current = NULL;
+    char *resolved = NULL;
+
+    if(!(current = strdup(path))) {
+           return NULL;
+    }
+    for (i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+        if (lstat(current, &sb) == -1) {
+           goto failed;
+        }
+        if((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFLNK) {
+            return current;
+        }
+        if (!(resolved = malloc(sb.st_size + 1))) {
+           goto failed;
+        }
+        r = readlink(current, resolved, sb.st_size);
+        if (r == -1 || r > sb.st_size) {
+           goto failed;
+        }
+        resolved[r] = '\0';
+        free(current);
+        current = strdup(resolved);
+        free(resolved);
+        resolved = NULL;
+    }
+
+failed:
+    free(resolved);
+    free(current);
+    return NULL;
+}
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
@@ -49,4 +49,12 @@ pid_t get_parent_pid(pid_t pid);
  */
 uint32_t parse_color(const char *color);
 
+/**
+ * Given a path string, recurseively resolves any symlinks to their targets
+ * (which may be a file, directory) and returns the result.
+ * argument is returned. Caller must free the returned buffer.
+ * If an error occures, if the path does not exist or if the path corresponds
+ * to a dangling symlink, NULL is returned.
+ */
+char* resolve_path(const char* path);
 #endif