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Directory safety when working with paths

By Unknown Minggu, 11 November 2007 API buffer overflow directory file descriptor fstatat getcwd gnu Library openat opendir PATH_MAX Portability readdir realpath save_cwd stat

Directory safety when working with paths

As we discussed in our previous two articles, we run into issues of thread safety when we try changing the path during a running program. ...

Implementing realpath() in C++

By Unknown Jumat, 09 November 2007 API BSD buffer overflow directory file descriptor Function Pointers getcwd Library open source Optimization PATH_MAX Portability realpath save_cwd secure standards compliance

Implementing realpath() in C++

Before reading this post, please read the background in the previous post PATH_MAX simply isn't , as it covers important background, and...

PATH_MAX simply isn't

By Unknown Sabtu, 03 November 2007 API BSD buffer overflow bugs directory getcwd Library Mac OS X opendir PATH_MAX Portability readdir realpath save_cwd standards compliance stat Windows

PATH_MAX simply isn't

Many C/C++ programmers at some point may run into a limit known as PATH_MAX. Basically, if you have to keep track of paths to files/director...

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