[PATCH v3 2/8] real_path_internal(): add comment explaining use of cwd
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
abspath.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index a7ab8e9..f8a526f 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ static const char *real_path_internal(const char *path, int die_on_error)
{
static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
char *retval = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * If we have to temporarily chdir(), store the original CWD
+ * here so that we can chdir() back to it at the end of the
+ * function:
+ */
char cwd[1024] = "";
+
int buf_index = 1;
int depth = MAXDEPTH;
--
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