Package: realpath
Version: 1.9.21
Severity: normal
Hi there!
/*
* BUG for realpath_(1) (not realpathS(1))
*
* $ realpath /var/spool/mail/file/..
* /mnt/sda2/home/var/mail
*
* BUG you can't ".." a file: not supposed to be able to
* (it will then trick a script into treating file like a dir)
*
* $ realpaths /var/spool/mail/file/..
* lstat: /mnt/sda2/home/var/mail/file/..: Not a directory
*
* $ ls /mnt/sda2/home/var/mail/file/..
* ls: /mnt/sda2/home/var/mail/file/..: Not a directory
*/
John Hendrickson, deb...@sourceforge.net
p.s.
It shouldn't try to remove ".." until it's done with all
else because doing so is very complex.
I wrote realpaths(1) not knowing of realpath, and found
that while testing.
In other tests, like "realpath(s) `find /usr/lib`" show no diff.
I've made no effort to syntax test realpath_ I need to do
more on realpaths than I have if I use any time at all :)
/----------------------\
| my junk |
\----------------------/
fledged but simple, checks malloc need every possible incident
realpaths [opts] file(s)
-t n compat: specify too_many for symlinks.
-m n compat: specify effective MAXPATHLEN / max_path
-x compat: do not quit if max_path is exceeded, malloc it.
-f compat: like readlink(1) canon: but inverted (default on).
-v verbose, shows whole trace of search.
if it helps i can mail realpathS(1) or look at 'realpath' to
see what is going wrong. it's probably simple, as I said earlier.
holaa!
have a good one -- John
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages realpath depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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