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From: Zefram <zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Z Shell workers mailing list)
Subject: pwd -r odd failure mode
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 19:59:43 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4102.199612231959@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> (raw)

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On some systems, pwd -r from a deleted directory can pick the first
pathname from the parent directory -- possibly a file -- and call that the
current directory.  The code responsible for this is a bit of zgetcwd()
that, if it fails to find the current directory's inode, reads the
directory again, accepting anything on the same device.  I don't see
how such an algorithm could ever produce a correct answer, and it isn't
commented, so just removing it seems sensible.  Does anyone know better?

 -zefram

      Index: Src/compat.c
      ===================================================================
      RCS file: /home/zefram/usr/cvsroot/zsh/Src/compat.c,v
      retrieving revision 1.1.1.11
      diff -c -r1.1.1.11 compat.c
      *** Src/compat.c	1996/12/22 01:13:20	1.1.1.11
      --- Src/compat.c	1996/12/22 22:45:25
      ***************
      *** 166,184 ****
        		    goto match;
        	    }
        	}
      - 	closedir(dir);
      - 	dir = opendir(".");
      - 	while ((de = readdir(dir))) {
      - 	    char *fn = de->d_name;
      - 	    /* Ignore `.' and `..'. */
      - 	    if (fn[0] == '.' &&
      - 		(fn[1] == '\0' ||
      - 		 (fn[1] == '.' && fn[2] == '\0')))
      - 		continue;
      - 	    lstat(fn, &sbuf);
      - 	    if (sbuf.st_dev == dev)
      - 		goto match;
      - 	}
        	noholdintr();
        	closedir(dir);
        	return ztrdup(".");
      --- 166,171 ----

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             reply	other threads:[~1996-12-23 19:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-12-23 19:59 Zefram [this message]
1996-12-26  3:45 ` Zoltan Hidvegi

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