REALPATH(3) BSD Programmer's Manual REALPATH(3)NAMErealpath - returns the canonicalized absolute pathname
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
char *
realpath(const char *pathname, char resolved[PATH_MAX]);
DESCRIPTION
The realpath() function resolves all symbolic links, extra "/" characters
and references to /./ and /../ in pathname, and copies the resulting ab-
solute pathname into the memory referenced by resolved. The resolved ar-
gument must refer to a buffer capable of storing at least PATH_MAX char-
acters.
The realpath() function will resolve both absolute and relative paths and
return the absolute pathname corresponding to pathname. All but the last
component of pathname must exist when realpath() is called.
RETURN VALUES
The realpath() function returns resolved on success. If an error occurs,
realpath() returns NULL and the contents of resolved are undefined.
ERRORS
The function realpath() may fail and set the external variable errno for
any of the errors specified for the library functions lstat(2),
readlink(2), and getcwd(3).
SEE ALSOreadlink(1), getcwd(3)HISTORY
The realpath() function call first appeared in 4.4BSD.
CAVEATS
This implementation of realpath() differs slightly from the Solaris im-
plementation. The 4.4BSD version always returns absolute pathnames,
whereas the Solaris implementation will, under certain circumstances, re-
turn a relative resolved when given a relative pathname.
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