Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add is_absolute_path() and make_absolute_path()

> diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
> index c4ce962..0f7012f 100644
> --- a/path.c
> +++ b/path.c
> @@ -292,3 +292,65 @@ int adjust_shared_perm(const char *path)
>  		return -2;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +
> +/* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
> +#define MAXDEPTH 5
> +
> +const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
> +{
> +	static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
> +	char cwd[1024] = "";
> +	int buf_index = 1, len;
> +
> +	int depth = MAXDEPTH;
> +	char *last_elem = NULL;
> +	struct stat st;
> +
> +	if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
> +		die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
> +
> +	while (depth--) {
> +		if (stat(buf, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
> +			char *last_slash = strrchr(buf, '/');
> +			*last_slash = '\0';
> +			last_elem = xstrdup(last_slash + 1);