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1 /* savedir.c -- save the list of files in a directory in a string
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
20 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
21 # include <config.h>
22 #endif
24 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include <errno.h>
27 #ifndef errno
28 extern int errno;
29 #endif
31 #if HAVE_DIRENT_H
32 # include <dirent.h>
33 #else
34 # define dirent direct
35 # if HAVE_SYS_NDIR_H
36 # include <sys/ndir.h>
37 # endif
38 # if HAVE_SYS_DIR_H
39 # include <sys/dir.h>
40 # endif
41 # if HAVE_NDIR_H
42 # include <ndir.h>
43 # endif
44 #endif
46 #ifdef CLOSEDIR_VOID
47 /* Fake a return value. */
48 # define CLOSEDIR(d) (closedir (d), 0)
49 #else
50 # define CLOSEDIR(d) closedir (d)
51 #endif
53 #ifdef STDC_HEADERS
54 # include <stdlib.h>
55 # include <string.h>
56 #endif
57 #ifndef NULL
58 # define NULL 0
59 #endif
61 #include "savedir.h"
62 #include "xalloc.h"
64 /* Return a freshly allocated string containing the filenames
65 in directory DIR, separated by '\0' characters;
66 the end is marked by two '\0' characters in a row.
67 NAME_SIZE is the number of bytes to initially allocate
68 for the string; it will be enlarged as needed.
69 Use NAME_SIZE == -1 if you do not know the size.
70 Return NULL (setting errno) if DIR cannot be opened, read, or closed. */
72 #ifndef NAME_SIZE_DEFAULT
73 # define NAME_SIZE_DEFAULT 512
74 #endif
76 char *
77 savedir (const char *dir, off_t name_size)
79 DIR *dirp;
80 struct dirent *dp;
81 char *name_space;
82 size_t allocated = name_size; /* Overflow is checked indirectly below. */
83 size_t used = 0;
84 int save_errno;
86 dirp = opendir (dir);
87 if (dirp == NULL)
88 return NULL;
90 /* Use the default if the size is not known. Be sure "allocated"
91 is at least `1' so there's room for the final NUL byte.
92 Do not simply test name_size <= 0, because the initialization
93 of "allocated" might have overflowed. */
94 if (name_size < 0 || allocated == 0)
95 allocated = NAME_SIZE_DEFAULT;
97 name_space = xmalloc (allocated);
99 errno = 0;
100 while ((dp = readdir (dirp)) != NULL)
102 /* Skip "", ".", and "..". "" is returned by at least one buggy
103 implementation: Solaris 2.4 readdir on NFS filesystems. */
104 char const *entry = dp->d_name;
105 if (entry[entry[0] != '.' ? 0 : entry[1] != '.' ? 1 : 2] != '\0')
107 size_t entry_size = strlen (entry) + 1;
108 if (used + entry_size < used)
109 xalloc_die ();
110 if (allocated <= used + entry_size)
114 if (2 * allocated < allocated)
115 xalloc_die ();
116 allocated *= 2;
118 while (allocated <= used + entry_size);
120 name_space = xrealloc (name_space, allocated);
122 memcpy (name_space + used, entry, entry_size);
123 used += entry_size;
126 name_space[used] = '\0';
127 save_errno = errno;
128 if (CLOSEDIR (dirp) != 0)
129 save_errno = errno;
130 if (save_errno != 0)
132 free (name_space);
133 errno = save_errno;
134 return NULL;
136 return name_space;