X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/28b6b84d4e91cf39c85f194c29b8e044ae6bac87..f5d90b5fcf0251466055c7dbed6069c1850d802d:/lib/save-cwd.c diff --git a/lib/save-cwd.c b/lib/save-cwd.c index b8dae34ca0..1fa5d69e85 100644 --- a/lib/save-cwd.c +++ b/lib/save-cwd.c @@ -1,3 +1,89 @@ +/* save-cwd.c -- Save and restore current working directory. + + Copyright (C) 1995, 1997-1998, 2003-2006, 2009-2016 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 . */ + +/* Gnulib needs to save and restore the current working directory to + fully emulate functions like fstatat. But Emacs doesn't care what + the current working directory is; it always uses absolute file + names. This module replaces the Gnulib module by omitting the code + that Emacs does not need. */ + #include -#define SAVE_CWD_INLINE _GL_EXTERN_INLINE + #include "save-cwd.h" + +#include +#include + +/* Record the location of the current working directory in CWD so that + the program may change to other directories and later use restore_cwd + to return to the recorded location. This function may allocate + space using malloc (via getcwd) or leave a file descriptor open; + use free_cwd to perform the necessary free or close. Upon failure, + no memory is allocated, any locally opened file descriptors are + closed; return non-zero -- in that case, free_cwd need not be + called, but doing so is ok. Otherwise, return zero. + + The _raison d'etre_ for this interface is that the working directory + is sometimes inaccessible, and getcwd is not robust or as efficient. + So, we prefer to use the open/fchdir approach, but fall back on + getcwd if necessary. This module works for most cases with just + the getcwd-lgpl module, but to be truly robust, use the getcwd module. + + Some systems lack fchdir altogether: e.g., OS/2, pre-2001 Cygwin, + SCO Xenix. Also, SunOS 4 and Irix 5.3 provide the function, yet it + doesn't work for partitions on which auditing is enabled. If + you're still using an obsolete system with these problems, please + send email to the maintainer of this code. */ + +#if !defined HAVE_FCHDIR && !defined fchdir +# define fchdir(fd) (-1) +#endif + +int +save_cwd (struct saved_cwd *cwd) +{ + cwd->desc = open (".", O_SEARCH | O_CLOEXEC); + /* The 'name' member is present only to minimize differences from + gnulib. Initialize it to zero, if only to simplify debugging. */ + cwd->name = 0; + return 0; +} + +/* Change to recorded location, CWD, in directory hierarchy. + Upon failure, return -1 (errno is set by chdir or fchdir). + Upon success, return zero. */ + +int +restore_cwd (const struct saved_cwd *cwd) +{ + /* Restore the previous directory if possible, to avoid tying down + the file system of the new directory (Bug#18232). + Don't worry if fchdir fails, as Emacs doesn't care what the + working directory is. The fchdir call is inside an 'if' merely to + pacify compilers that complain if fchdir's return value is ignored. */ + if (fchdir (cwd->desc) == 0) + return 0; + + return 0; +} + +void +free_cwd (struct saved_cwd *cwd) +{ + close (cwd->desc); +}