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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-12-31 10:06:43 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-12-31 10:06:43 +0000 |
commit | 0a872de7cdea50a4194b69fba86f16c2f0d14af3 (patch) | |
tree | 6007318011d397d7bb9f9dbf2f706f8aa6ae95de /lib | |
parent | 53ed4aabb6cbab7ee4760ba69036458900f0a9c8 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-0a872de7cdea50a4194b69fba86f16c2f0d14af3.tar.xz |
(rpl_openat): Correct comment.
Call free_cwd, to avoid leaking a file descriptor.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/openat.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/openat.c b/lib/openat.c index 26e280d78..fa617b807 100644 --- a/lib/openat.c +++ b/lib/openat.c @@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ /* Replacement for Solaris' openat function. <http://www.google.com/search?q=openat+site:docs.sun.com> Simulate it by doing save_cwd/fchdir/open/restore_cwd. - If either the fchdir or the restore_cwd fails, then exit nonzero. */ + If either the save_cwd or the restore_cwd fails (relatively unlikely, + and usually indicative of a problem that deserves close attention), + then give a diagnostic and exit nonzero. + Otherwise, upon failure, set errno and return -1, as openat does. + Upon successful completion, return a file descriptor. */ int rpl_openat (int fd, char const *filename, int flags, ...) { @@ -80,6 +84,8 @@ rpl_openat (int fd, char const *filename, int flags, ...) error (exit_failure, errno, _("openat: unable to restore working directory")); + free_cwd (&saved_cwd); + errno = saved_errno; return new_fd; } |