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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-01-20 22:17:26 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-01-20 22:17:26 +0000
commit7e43a4e6c4994afac9ae1591d67e1436eeed602b (patch)
treeda8181febd36f5e8ff9251d7a10cb657eaba831a /lib
parent2b631e90a8027bd90e55d685ad933113f4b7e7ba (diff)
downloadcoreutils-7e43a4e6c4994afac9ae1591d67e1436eeed602b.tar.xz
(save_cwd): Remove code to support the case
where fchdir is missing or flaky.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/save-cwd.c67
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/lib/save-cwd.c b/lib/save-cwd.c
index 272f7421e..596b78c8d 100644
--- a/lib/save-cwd.c
+++ b/lib/save-cwd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
/* save-cwd.c -- Save and restore current working directory.
- Copyright (C) 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -51,68 +53,33 @@
closed; return non-zero -- in that case, free_cwd need not be
called, but doing so is ok. Otherwise, return zero.
- The `raison d'etre' for this interface is that some systems lack
- support for fchdir, and getcwd is not robust or as efficient.
+ The `raison d'etre' for this interface is that the working directory
+ is sometimes inaccessible, and getcwd is not robust or as efficient.
So, we prefer to use the open/fchdir approach, but fall back on
- getcwd if necessary. Some systems lack fchdir altogether: OS/2,
- Cygwin (as of March 2003), SCO Xenix. At least SunOS 4 and Irix 5.3
- provide the function, yet it doesn't work for partitions on which
- auditing is enabled. */
+ getcwd if necessary.
+
+ Some systems lack fchdir altogether: e.g., OS/2, pre-2001 Cygwin,
+ SCO Xenix. Also, SunOS 4 and Irix 5.3 provide the function, yet it
+ doesn't work for partitions on which auditing is enabled. If
+ you're still using an obsolete system with these problems, please
+ send email to the maintainer of this code. */
int
save_cwd (struct saved_cwd *cwd)
{
-#if !HAVE_FCHDIR
-# undef fchdir
-# define fchdir(x) (abort (), 0)
- bool have_working_fchdir = false;
- bool fchdir_needs_testing = false;
-#elif (__sgi || __sun)
- static bool have_working_fchdir = true;
- bool fchdir_needs_testing = true;
-#else
- bool have_working_fchdir = true;
- bool fchdir_needs_testing = false;
-#endif
-
- cwd->desc = -1;
cwd->name = NULL;
- if (have_working_fchdir)
+ cwd->desc = open (".", O_RDONLY);
+ if (cwd->desc < 0)
{
- cwd->desc = open (".", O_RDONLY);
+ cwd->desc = open (".", O_WRONLY);
if (cwd->desc < 0)
{
- cwd->desc = open (".", O_WRONLY);
- if (cwd->desc < 0)
- {
- cwd->name = xgetcwd ();
- return cwd->name ? 0 : -1;
- }
- }
-
- /* On SunOS 4 and IRIX 5.3, fchdir returns EINVAL when auditing
- is enabled, so we have to fall back to chdir. */
- if (fchdir_needs_testing && fchdir (cwd->desc) != 0)
- {
- int saved_errno = errno;
- close (cwd->desc);
- cwd->desc = -1;
- if (saved_errno != EINVAL)
- {
- errno = saved_errno;
- return -1;
- }
- have_working_fchdir = false;
+ cwd->name = xgetcwd ();
+ return cwd->name ? 0 : -1;
}
}
- if (!have_working_fchdir)
- {
- cwd->name = xgetcwd ();
- if (cwd->name == NULL)
- return -1;
- }
return 0;
}