Re: [PATCH 1/4] make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slash

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Feb 9, 2010, 19:10 UTC
Message-ID: <201002092010.43910.j6t@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <1265734950-15145-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

On Dienstag, 9. Februar 2010, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:

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> @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
>  			if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX)
>  				die ("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
>  						buf, last_elem);
> -			buf[len] = '/';
> -			strcpy(buf + len + 1, last_elem);
> +			if (*buf != '/' || buf[1] != '\0')
> +				buf[len++] = '/';

Huh? You are adding a slash unless buf is exactly "/". That is, when buf is "/foo/" you still add a slash? That's not exactly avoiding redundancy. (Disclaimer: I didn't analyze the rest of the function whether my claim is true.)

> +			strcpy(buf + len, last_elem);
>  			free(last_elem);
>  			last_elem = NULL;
>  		}

-- Hannes