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Re: [PATCH] linux: make getcwd(3) fail if it cannot obtain an absolute path [BZ #22679]

On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 05:07:25PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Jan 07 2018, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> 
> > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getcwd.html
> > does not license getcwd to fail with ENOENT.
> 
> That's not true.  It doesn't specify any condition for ENOENT, thus we
> can use it for our purpose.

In fact, we already use ENOENT when the current directory is unlinked,
and making getcwd(3) fail with ENOENT when it cannot obtain an absolute
path would be consistent with that traditional case.


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