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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/readlinkat.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/readlinkat.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..69d3d88 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/readlinkat.texi @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +@node readlinkat +@section @code{readlinkat} +@findex readlinkat + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/readlinkat.html} + +Gnulib module: readlinkat + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, +AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS. +But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function always fails on platforms that don't support symlinks: +mingw, MSVC 9. +@item +When @code{readlink} is called on a directory: In the case of NFS mounted +directories, Cygwin sets @code{errno} to @code{ENOENT} or @code{EIO} instead of +@code{EINVAL}. To avoid this problem, check for a directory before calling +@code{readlink}. +@item +When @code{readlink} is called on a file that is not a symbolic link: +Irix may set @code{errno} to @code{ENXIO} instead of @code{EINVAL}. Cygwin +may set errno to @code{EACCES} instead of @code{EINVAL}. +@item +Symlink contents do not always have a trailing null byte, and there is +no indication if symlink contents were truncated if the return value +matches the length. Furthermore, AIX 5.1 and HP-UX 11 set +@code{errno} to @code{ERANGE} rather than returning truncated +contents, and Linux sets @code{errno} to @code{EINVAL} if the +requested length is zero. Use the gnulib module areadlink for +improved ability to read symlink contents. +@end itemize |