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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>realpath - resolve a pathname</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_599_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<div class="box"><code><tt><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt=
"[Option Start]" border="0"> #include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/stdlib.h.html">stdlib.h</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
char *realpath(const char *restrict</tt> <i>file_name</i><tt>,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; char *restrict</tt> <i>resolved_name</i><tt>); <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt=
"[Option End]" border="0"></tt></code></div>
<tt><br>
</tt></blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_599_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
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<p>The <i>realpath</i>() function shall derive, from the pathname pointed to by <i>file_name</i>, an absolute pathname that names
the same file, whose resolution does not involve <tt>'.'</tt> , <tt>'..'</tt> , or symbolic links. The generated pathname shall be
stored as a null-terminated string, up to a maximum of {PATH_MAX} bytes, in the buffer pointed to by <i>resolved_name</i>.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>Upon successful completion, <i>realpath</i>() shall return a pointer to the resolved name. Otherwise, <i>realpath</i>() shall
return a null pointer and set <i>errno</i> to indicate the error, and the contents of the buffer pointed to by <i>resolved_name</i>
are undefined.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
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<p>The <i>realpath</i>() function shall fail if:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>[EACCES]</dt>
<dd>Read or search permission was denied for a component of <i>file_name</i>.</dd>
<dt>[EINVAL]</dt>
<dd>Either the <i>file_name</i> or <i>resolved_name</i> argument is a null pointer.</dd>
<dt>[EIO]</dt>
<dd>An error occurred while reading from the file system.</dd>
<dt>[ELOOP]</dt>
<dd>A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the <i>path</i> argument.</dd>
<dt>[ENAMETOOLONG]</dt>
<dd>
The length of the <i>file_name</i> argument exceeds {PATH_MAX} or a pathname component is longer than {NAME_MAX}.</dd>
<dt>[ENOENT]</dt>
<dd>A component of <i>file_name</i> does not name an existing file or <i>file_name</i> points to an empty string.</dd>
<dt>[ENOTDIR]</dt>
<dd>A component of the path prefix is not a directory.</dd>
</dl>
<p>The <i>realpath</i>() function may fail if:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>[ELOOP]</dt>
<dd>More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered during resolution of the <i>path</i> argument.</dd>
<dt>[ENAMETOOLONG]</dt>
<dd>
Pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result whose length exceeds {PATH_MAX}.</dd>
<dt>[ENOMEM]</dt>
<dd>Insufficient storage space is available.</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_599_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<h5><a name="tag_03_599_06_01"></a>Generating an Absolute Pathname</h5>
<p>The following example generates an absolute pathname for the file identified by the <i>symlinkpath</i> argument. The generated
pathname is stored in the <i>actualpath</i> array.</p>
<pre>
<tt>#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;
...
char *symlinkpath = "/tmp/symlink/file";
char actualpath [PATH_MAX+1];
char *ptr;
<br>
ptr = realpath(symlinkpath, actualpath);
</tt>
</pre>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p><a href="getcwd.html"><i>getcwd</i>()</a> , <a href="sysconf.html"><i>sysconf</i>()</a> , the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href="../basedefs/stdlib.h.html"><i>&lt;stdlib.h&gt;</i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 4, Version 2.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_599_12"></a>Issue 5</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_599_13"></a>Issue 6</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The <b>restrict</b> keyword is added to the <i>realpath</i>() prototype for alignment with the ISO/IEC&nbsp;9899:1999
standard.</p>
<p>The wording of the mandatory [ELOOP] error condition is updated, and a second optional [ELOOP] error condition is added.</p>
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