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CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-03-02
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NAME
canonicalize_file_name - return the canonicalized absolute pathname
SYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <stdlib.h>
char *canonicalize_file_name(const char *path);
DESCRIPTION
The
canonicalize_file_name()
function returns a null-terminated string containing
the canonicalized absolute pathname corresponding to
path.
In the returned string, symbolic links are resolved, as are
.
and
..
pathname components.
Consecutive slash
(/)
characters are replaced by a single slash.
The returned string is dynamically allocated by
canonicalize_file_name()
and the caller should deallocate it with
free(3)
when it is no longer required.
The call
canonicalize_file_name(path)
is equivalent to the call:
realpath(path, NULL);
RETURN VALUE
On success,
canonicalize_file_name()
returns a null-terminated string.
On error (e.g., a pathname component is unreadable or does not exist),
canonicalize_file_name()
returns NULL and sets
errno
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
See
realpath(3).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
canonicalize_file_name()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
This function is a GNU extension.
SEE ALSO
readlink(2),
realpath(3)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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