REALPATH(3-BSD)     RISC/os Reference Manual      REALPATH(3-BSD)



NAME
     realpath - returns the real file name.

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>

     char *realpath(file_name, resolved_name)
     char *file_name;
     char resolved_name[MAXPATHLEN];

DESCRIPTION
     realpath() resolves all links and references to "." and ".."
     in file_name and stores it in resolved_name.

     It can handle both relative and absolute path names.  For
     absolute path names and the relative names whose resolved
     name cannot be expressed relatively (e.g.  ../../foobar ),
     it returns the resolved absolute name. For the other rela-
     tive path names, it returns the resolved relative name.

RETURN VALUE
     If there is no error, it returns a pointer to the
     resolved_name.  Otherwise it returns a NULL pointer and
     places the name of the offending file in resolved_name.  The
     global variable errno is set to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO
     getwd(3)

WARNINGS
     It operates on null-terminated strings.

     One should have the execute permission on all the direc-
     tories in the given and the resolved path.

BUGS
     realpath() may fail to return to the current directory if an
     error occurs.

ORIGIN
     Sun Microsystems














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