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+/* much like chdir(2), but safer
+
+ Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "chdir-safer.h"
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "same-inode.h"
+
+#ifndef HAVE_READLINK
+# define HAVE_READLINK 0
+#endif
+
+/* Like chdir, but fail if DIR is a symbolic link to a directory (or
+ similar funny business). This avoids a minor race condition
+ between when a directory is created or statted and when the process
+ chdirs into it.
+
+ On older systems lacking full support for O_SEARCH, this function
+ can also fail if DIR is not readable. */
+int
+chdir_no_follow (char const *dir)
+{
+ int result = 0;
+ int saved_errno;
+ int fd = open (dir,
+ O_SEARCH | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOCTTY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_NONBLOCK);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ /* If open follows symlinks, lstat DIR and fstat FD to ensure that
+ they are the same file; if they are different files, set errno to
+ ELOOP (the same value that open uses for symlinks with
+ O_NOFOLLOW) so the caller can report a failure.
+ Skip this check if HAVE_READLINK == 0, which should be the case
+ on any system that lacks symlink support. */
+ if (HAVE_READLINK && ! HAVE_WORKING_O_NOFOLLOW)
+ {
+ struct stat sb1;
+ result = lstat (dir, &sb1);
+ if (result == 0)
+ {
+ struct stat sb2;
+ result = fstat (fd, &sb2);
+ if (result == 0 && ! SAME_INODE (sb1, sb2))
+ {
+ errno = ELOOP;
+ result = -1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (result == 0)
+ result = fchdir (fd);
+
+ saved_errno = errno;
+ close (fd);
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return result;
+}